Keyboard mode with thumbnails

Hello,

I have read a lot of things about the Keyboard mode and the Power mode, but nothings could help me, so here i am :slight_smile:
My problem is that i always want to use the keyboard mode, whatever the view i choose, because i want to be able to view thumbnails while having the keyboard mode On. And if i select the Power Mode, i lose the thumbnails view.

I hope that you'll be able to help me, and that you understood me and my approximative english :wink:

Thanx...

Mykael

Power is the only display mode which (optionally) can be out of keyboard mode. The other display modes are always in keyboard mode.

I guess there's a misunderstanding of what keyboard mode means. What about the Thumbnails mode behaviour do you want to be different exactly?

Thanks for your quick reply :slight_smile:

It is hard to explain, i'm sorry, but let me try :slight_smile:

The perfect view/mode for me, is :

  • the down arrow key never select anything, just focus a file, like in power mode
  • the space bar select files, and is able to select the first one, like in power mode
  • and this with details columns, icons or thumbnails in the lister.

For now, i can't use power mode because i can't view thumbnails or icons,
and i can't use details, icons or thumbnails views because the down arrow key lose the selection, and the space bar starts to select only from the next file (THIS part is hard to explain, grrrrr :wink: ).

Can you help me ?

What about check-box mode? I think that resolves your problem.
I suppose that you trying to made TC-like copy of DO. It's not good to downgrade program that much. :slight_smile:

/me whistle :wink:
The best wine comes in old bottles, and some old things have to be kept :slight_smile:
The check-box mode can be perfect to me, only if i can check the boxes, with the space bar...
Is it possible ?
Thanks for your help, Teefan and Leo

Sure. Enable "Check-box Mode" and see by yourself.

[quote="mykael"]The perfect view/mode for me, is :

  • the down arrow key never select anything, just focus a file, like in power mode
  • the space bar select files, and is able to select the first one, like in power mode
  • and this with details columns, icons or thumbnails in the lister.[/quote]

I think I know what you mean. We call that "toggle select" mode (or something like that).

There is no way to make the non-Power modes behave that way, however (as is standard with multi-select lists/grids in Windows), you can use these keys to achieve something similar:

Ctrl + Cursor Keys = Move the keyboard focus between files without changing the current selection.

Ctrl + Space = Select / De-Select the current file with keyboard focus, without changing the selection states of other files.

(The check-box mode other people mention is also worth checking out.)

If you're not seeing icons in Power mode, this must be turned off in your config:

Preferences / File Display Modes / Power Mode / Display icons.

The space bar check the box perfectly, i was wrong because i made a shortcut with the space bar, to try different thing, sorry :slight_smile:
Ctrl + Cursors or Space are interesting too, but "dangerous" if i forget Ctrl, but thank you for this tip.

So checkboxes are perfect to me, thank you !

PS : DO is nearly perfect to me now, i miss only two things (not vital) :

  • MultiView with 64 bits Oracle Dll's (QuickView works but too expensive to me)
  • and a way to save my checkboxes states :slight_smile:

When i will be more experienced, i will probably post again, thank you very much.

Well... a last insignificant question...
just to be perfect, is it possible to change the color of checked files ?

No, the only thing that indicates a file is checked is the checkbox itself.

i think i will survive... thank you :slight_smile: