Sorry I don't know what it's called, but is there a way to get rid of the green (or orange) bar above the files in the Lister window? I don't use it, and it's kind of garish.
Likewise, is there a way to get rid of the little title of the folder tree that says "Folder Tree?" I know what it is, thank you very much, and I don't really need the little icons either. =)
Thank you
You can turn it off for single-display windows. See this thread for details:
Ah, yes same problem--I did not know what it was called or that it was the right place to look. (So many options and features to get used to!) Thanks for the lightning reply!
RTFM or use Explorer.
Be nice. 
If people are trying Opus for the first time to see if it suits them I don't think it's realistic to expect them to read / understand / remember the whole manual.
Do use the manual and FAQs, and browse around the Preferences window, as you'll find a lot of useful stuff there, but feel free to ask questions if you get stuck.
Be nice. [/quote]
Yes, sure, but didn't like "kind of garish"-comment (change colors or disable!). Peace.
I won't be offended by your direction if you won't be offended by my personal opinion. 
Forgive me for stepping in with a different response, but one that is, I hope, slightly less snotty and obnoxious.
I agree about the garish colours, but the bit in your first message that struck me was when you said "I don't use it".
Why is that? Because you don't worry about "sources and destinations"?
You may have good reasons for not wanting the colour coding but maybe you are like me and, after many months using DOpus, still baffled by much of what it gets up to. (I am a user not a professional programmer.)
If that is the case, then rather than just turning it off, I'd look for ways to improve the colour scheme and then work out how to use it.
Whenever I unzip, synchronise or move files I turn to the colour coding to guide me as to what is likely to happen.
By the way, comments about reading the manuals would be more helpful if the manual itself were a bit more user friendly. But that is an old argument. I keep referring to the flipping manual, only to find that it has gaps where I am seeking advice.
[quote]snotty and obnoxious[/quote]I'm not sure whose quote you're referring to, but I can assure you it wasn't my intention to come off that way, regardless of my opinions. I'm pretty easy going, and I give others the benefit of the doubt that they are as well. =)
Anyway, it looks like you're asking about my disinclination towards using the File Display Borders.
Well, when I use file managers, I tend to use either a single one at a time, or a group (more than two) at a time. Therefore, it makes sense to me to use either multiple windows, tabs, or perhaps a single window and the tree. That is, the same kind of interface for all the processes for which I am using the listers. Anytime I'm using the Dual Lister and have multiple listers open and changing, I feel a sort of cognitive dissonance.
Secondly, I'm a big fan of "less is more" in terms of UI. The file display borders (and other similar UI items) seem like clutter to me. Consider that I use the Location bar directly and/or keyboard shortcuts for up, back, forward already. Therefore I don't really use any of the buttons. It does tell me which lister has the focus, but I guess there are other ways of telling that, and it's not a question if I'm using a single-paned lister. Also, I could change the colors of the bars, but it still doesn't change the fact that they don't appear uniform to the rest of the UI in style.
All this being said, there is a good possibility that I don't understand some key use of these borders that makes this feature sound. I've noticed there is a toggle for SOURCE and DEST, that I sense might be related, but I haven't really investigated what that does for me yet, either. Perhaps a one-button transfer of files is what I can think of ATM. Well, I'm sure others find it useful for reasons I'm not aware of, and if you do, I would certainly like to hear why.
The video on working with Multiple Listers in the tutorials section of the forum is a good introduction to the source/dest concept in Opus.
Many (most?) of the file operations in Opus have an inherent concept of SOURCE and DESTINATION. ("From" and "to", if you prefer.) Sometimes you want the destination to be the same as the source, but usually not. In a dual lister display, the currently active lister -- by default designated by green in the top border -- is the source, and the folder in the other lister -- by default designated by orange in the top border -- is the destination. As far as I'm aware this is the primary reason for using colored bars on the top border of the lister. If you only use drag-and-drop, then source and destination are designated by that operation, but many of the buttons on the top will generally use the default source/destination.
I would also point out that the folder path displayed in the top border is "active". You can click on elements of it to move to that folder. You can also use them as drop targets if you want to move files to one of the folders higher up in the folder tree.
Finally, there are the navigation buttons on the right side of the top border. Back, forward (just like web browser back/forward), up, etc. There are a zillion ways to navigate the directory structure in Opus. This is one more that I personally find quite handy.
My default DOpus layout is a dual lister view. I leave it open on my desktop continuously. The green and orange borders are my immediate reference to remind me which of the two folders on view is the 'active' one - the Source, as DOpus calls it. I could not contemplate working without it in a dual-view setup.
As Leo has advised, by all means change their colours to your preference (chacun à son goût - I cannot think of any other package that caters to personal tastes as well as does DOpus), but do not rush to remove them.
