my first post here. I've searched the forum to look for similar posts, it turned out there were around 300 posts somehow related.
I checked a few pages but then I gave up. So, sorry if the question has been already posted.
Basically I'm trying Directory Opus and it looks amazing. Since is a dual pane manager I was expecting the usual F5 to copy, F6 to move, F7 to create a new folder, F8 to wipe out files/dirs. and so forth.
With my surprise none of them work. Is there an hidden setting or they just don't work?
What makes those keys "usual" other than that another, rather antiquated, file manager has decided they make sense?
In Opus you can assign keys for any function so you can easily set it up this way if you like. See gpsoft.com.au/help/opus10/de ... tomize.htm for information on how to configure the toolbars and keys.
Well, usual at least for me that I'm used to years of other dual pane managers
They make sense to me as long as they make the operation as fast as possible, that's why I started to love dual pane manager applications years ago: instead of Click on one window, then CTRL + C, then click on the other window, then CTRL + V, just one key to go.
Thank you Jon, I changed the short cuts right away.
F5 is the standard hotkey for refresh in Windows, since Win95 at least. Del is the normal key for deleting in Windows apps, rather than F8.
I'm surprised things still go against these conventions after all these years (except Excel which will always be stuck in the past and non-standard despite being made by the OS vendor itself).
I guess if you're used to things then it's the standard for you, and we let you change the hotkeys if you want to, but it's definitely not the standard for Windows and would confuse anyone used to Explorer and other standard Windows apps rather than tools still carrying the legacy of Norton Commander from the MS-DOS days. (At least, I presume that's where the alternative hotkeys date back to.)
You're right Leo, I guess they come from old habits.
Anyway, about F8 to delete the things are a bit different. One of the dual pane I'm used to makes a difference between deleting files, where DEL key is the default one, and wiping files skipping the Recycle Bin completely, which F8 is the associated one.