I want you to help me with an issue that bothers me a lot about Opus.
There is a function in Powertoys (Microsoft app) called Folder + which copies files pre-defined by the user to another folder that the user wants to copy.
This function doesn't work in Opus, I want to know why? You can adjust it to get it, in Windows Explorer it works normally.
If it doesn't work, can you help me make a similar function within Opus' native settings?
The image below is the powertoys function I am referring to.
Can you give more detail on that? How is the folder it copies to defined?
You can almost certainly do the same thing in Opus.
It's probably only designed to work in File Explorer, but I didn't write PowerToys so I can only guess. It isn't needed within Opus anyway, and Opus's own file copying code/UI will work better anyway.
You might find the thread below of interest as it deals with the main feature of "New+" : creating folder structures from templates.
When I'm browsing a folder, I want to be able to copy pre-configured files to the folder I'm in using a command. That's what the powertoys function does.
Is that clear now?
First, check How to use buttons and scripts from this forum for how to use the commands below.
Make a button with a command like:
Copy "C:\My Files\File 1.txt" HERE
Copy "C:\My Files\File 2.txt" HERE
Copy "C:\My Files\File 3.txt" HERE
Or use wildcards in the filename to match multiple files:
Copy "C:\My Files\File *.txt" HERE
Or copy the whole folder to the current directory:
Copy "C:\My Files\*" HERE
It worked, now I want to automate more, because when I click on the created button a dialog box appears, is it possible to automate without opening this dialog box?
What is the code in your created button? That code determines whether a dialog box appears.
Which dialog box appears?
What is your current command/code?
We can't see the full command in your screenshot.
I can only guess, but I suspect you didn't include the HERE argument.
I hadn't put it exactly. I did and it worked now.
Now help me do the following:
I'm in the folder where I want to copy the files, can I pre-configure some files or folders and when I click on the command, a pop-up appears with only the files I configured and I can choose which one I'm going to copy?
Similar to the image below
It's possible, but very different to what you asked for originally. More detail would also be needed to know exactly what you want. (Do you want to just copy individual files? Multi-select them? Copy all of them sometimes but not others?)
It's better to put the full detail when asking for something. Drip-feeding detail means people waste time providing solutions which then have to be thrown away for a completely different approach after more information is provided.
I apologize, but I don't have much programming skills yet, but I know you're right.
That's exactly what you asked, I want to have multiple files inside this pre-configured repository and sometimes I copy one or more of them.
Sorry, but I think you get the idea.
How was it done in New+? It looks like it just gives you a menu of files/folders that can be copied, where only one can be selected.
This is actually a function of Microsoft PowerToys, not made in Opus.
But this PowerToys function, when you click on it, copies the file or folder when you click on the file or folder.
Will you help me?
You can do the same thing just by making multiple menu items using the examples above.
If you want a UI where you can multi-select items, i.e. more advanced than what New+ was doing before, that is possible but would require writing a script, which I don't have time to do at the moment, sorry.
(If all the files/folders you want to be able to select are directly below the same folder, or a handful of folders, it's also possible to generate the menu items to copy them automatically, without scripting. Depends on those details, though.)
"it's also possible to generate the menu items to copy them automatically, without scripting"
Help me do it this way, please.
That's the perfect scenario for dual-display mode.
