Looking to always open tree selection in the same tab

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1

Hello,

I'm getting used to working with Directory Opus and love it. Is there a way to open a folder I select from the tree always in the same tab?

Basically I have dual panes + a ton of tabs open, and whenever I click on a folder in the tree, it opens it in the last active tab, which is not always quick to find.

Instead of opening what I select in the last active tab (or instead of changing the tab I'm in to the new folder), I would like to make it so that any folder I select in the tree always open in the first, most left tab. Is this possible? Thanks so much in advance

2

Really? Is it not directly in front of you?

How did you configure Preferences / Folder Tree / Selection Events?

Here's a user command script that should do what you want.

function OnClick(clickData) {
    var cmd = clickData.func.command;
    cmd.deselect = false;
    cmd.RunCommand('Go TABPOS=first');
    cmd.RunCommand('Go PATH="' + cmd.files(0) + '"');
}
as XML 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<button backcol="none" display="icon" textcol="none">
	<label>UC38321</label>
	<icon1>#usercommand</icon1>
	<function type="script">
		<instruction>@script JScript</instruction>
		<instruction>// https://resource.dopus.com/t/looking-to-always-open-tree-selection-in-the-same-tab/38321</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>function OnClick(clickData) {</instruction>
		<instruction>    var cmd = clickData.func.command;</instruction>
		<instruction>    cmd.deselect = false;</instruction>
		<instruction>    cmd.RunCommand(&apos;Go TABPOS=first&apos;);</instruction>
		<instruction>    cmd.RunCommand(&apos;Go PATH=&quot;&apos; + cmd.files(0) + &apos;&quot;&apos;);</instruction>
		<instruction>}</instruction>
	</function>
</button>
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3

That's awesome! Thanks so much for that script. Since I'm in a dual pane view, is there a way to make that folder always open in the left pane?

4

Try

function OnClick(clickData) {
    var cmd = clickData.func.command;
    var tab = clickData.func.sourcetab;
    var dtab = clickData.func.desttab;;
    cmd.deselect = false;

    if (tab.right) {
        cmd.SetSourceTab(dtab);
        cmd.RunCommand('Set SOURCE=left');
        cmd.RunCommand('Set FOCUS=left');
    }

    cmd.RunCommand('Go TABPOS=first');
    cmd.RunCommand('Go PATH="' + cmd.files(0) + '"');
}
5

Thanks so much for your help!

Actually it wasn't so much a question of speed :wink: It's to avoid losing sight of folders I need to see at all times while working. Thanks to your script I can have them all open in the right pane and only affect my left pane while navigating. Thanks again

6

You can lock folder tabs so that folder changes are always redirected to another tab, or so that you can change folders in a tab but then click the tab again to revert back to the original "locked" folder. That may provide a cleaner way to do what you want.

More detail at the bottom of this page:

https://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus12/index.html#!Documents/Tabs.htm

7

Thanks Leo! I love the locked tab feature and use it a lot. I just wanted to find a way to have the new selection always open in the first tab.

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