I've just started using Opus and have a few questions that I haven't been able to resolve myself.
Is it possible to customise the folder name and navigation icons at the top of each folder pane? I would really like to have the icons (for back, forward, up, etc.) on the left and the folder name on the right.
Is there a special procedure for duplicating a file within a folder? I assume copy and paste works but I thought Opus might have a clever way of doing it.
When a file is duplicated within a folder, is there a way to specify the format of the name of the duplicated file, like there is for shortcuts? I can't bear the 'Copy of' format because the alphabetic sort doesn't allow the duplicate to sit next to the original.
When a file is deleted the file representation (icon and filename) remains in place. Same thing when a file is renamed, the object remains in place with its original name. I know I can use F5 to update the view but is there an automatic way to have the view updated for deletions and renames?
You can change the colours, whether/when hot-paths are enabled, and turn off some of the buttons but you can't swap the path and buttons around.
Opus has a Duplicate command which, if you're using the default toolbars, is the right-click action of the Rename button.
When you run the Duplicate command you'll see a dialog with the old and new filename. If you type over the new filename then what you enter will be used for just the first file that is being duplicated; however, you can also type a wildcard into the old name, and a different wildcard into the new name, to tell Opus how to name all of the files being duplicated. For example:
Old Name: .
New Name _copy.
would Duplicate these files
Blah.txt
Moo.jpg
Zuma.png
to these new files
Blah_copy.txt
Moo_copy.jpg
Zuma_copy.png
If you want a button that you can press to duplicate the selected files in a particular way without any prompts or typing then you can sort-of do that now, although there's a restriction that means the new names can only add text to the start of end of the filename. (I noticed this recently and have filed a feature request asking for it to be made more flexible.)
You can make a button which runs this command
Copy DUPLICATE AS *_copy
and it will duplicate the files by appending "_copy" to their names. Unfortunately that will mess up their extensions, but if you just want a way to quickly create a backup file then it does a good job. If you do want to duplicate to create backups then even better, perhaps, is to include the current date in the new name, like this:
Copy DUPLICATE AS *backup{date|yyyy-MM-dd}
This shouldn't happen but does sometimes. Have a look at this FAQ to troubleshoot the problem and let us know if you find anything:
1/ imo you can't change this, it's hard coded.... maybe in a next release.
2/ yes there is, you select the file you want to duplicate, and you right click on the 9th icon (near the Create folder icon).
Dopus will then ask for a name for the duplicated file.
3/ I don't think there is an option to set this... but if you use the button like in the question 2/, you can easily add a number at the end of the filename.
4/ You can try this : in Preferences\Files operations\options
try to check the "Automatically sort new and modified files"