LinkedTab_AutoOpen_Handler: Open related folder tabs automatically

[steje]

@abr

So, my two suggestions for now would be, to have a function, to toggle scripts one/off (which isn't in Steje's scope, i guess, but more in Jon's), & maybe the ability to bind some extra key
to the triggering function, so we could decide if the partner folder is to be opened or not based on the use case. For that reason it would be interesting to know, if it's possible to use
a (different) shortcut to open locations, telling the command to use the script or not (or, if folders are clicked directly, to have some modifier key like "Alt" defined, which would use the script,
or behave normal, if the modifier key isn't pressed). It would also be interesting, to think about expand the function, so that opening one specific folder could also open more then one
corresponding tab. I use the tab groups function a lot, especially since it was improved. But this would mean some useful extension to the tab groups, since often i just want to open a few
extra tabs, instead of a whole new tab group.

A few comments...

Toggling scripts on/off actually IS entirely in scope . It just requires scripts to be written in such a way that allows it. As was done in a previous script I posted, we can use the new global/lister/tab environment variables to control things like script behavior. Whether or not GPSoft intended for the vars to be used this way with scripts or not - it works great, can be toggled by any standard means in Opus (button/hotkey) and is easy to add... how do you want it to work? On by default, or off by default?

About using qualifier keys... in this case, it can be done... but would need for the script to be re-written as a ScriptCommand instead of as an 'event handler' so that using (f.ex.) Left double-click + Alt on the All Folders filetype would then be able to be configured to run the ScriptCommand. However, this would only cover dbl-clicking on folders, and not catch other methods of opening the trigger folders. If we are ever able to get access to qualifier keys held down during whatever actions fire the Events we can register in the scripting interface (this one uses OnAfterFolderChange), then we can still do everything in the event handling script approach this script uses... I've asked for exactly this while writing this script and realizing it would be very useful for this and several other ideas I've had, but have no idea if we'll ever see it happen. It would ALSO be useful for the piece of this script that auto-CLOSES the linked tab... based on the OnCloseTab event, at which point that piece could be broken out of this script and made generally useful for people as an on-demand way of using a qualifier key to auto-close linked tabs in any arbitrary use-case not related to the intent you had with this particular script.

Cool stuff - sooooo grateful to GPSoft for these interfaces in v11.........