Open with Focus in Folder Tree

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Hi
I open Dopus 9.5.3.0 from a shortcut on my Win 7 Pro, 64-bit, desktop - The target path is e:\program1\GPSoftware\Directory-Opus\dopus.exe /autolister d:
The focus is in the file list pane in Details view. In the Folder Tree d: is selected with a faded greyish-blue color. I would like the focus to be on d:\ in the Folder Tree pane when Dopus opens - just like it is in Win XP's Explorer. Is there a way to do this?

Thank you for your help.

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This code sets the focus on the tree.

Set FOCUS=Tree

How it is best to integrate that into your shortcut is still open to discussion.

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I don't mean to get off topic,
but the Go Layout command is not working here.
Lister Layouts under Prefs LAYOUTLIST work fine.

The question still remains as to how to set focus to the tree when opening a specific lister from a shortcut.

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(FWIW, that has changed in newer versions of Explorer.)

If just having a hotkey to set focus to the tree would be enough, you can bind the command Scred provided to a hotkey.

If you still want to be able to open a window with the focus on the tree, the only way I can think of will only work reliably for the first window that you open. (After that, unless you add a delay between the commands, it may set focus to the tree in an existing window, not the newly opened one. Adding a delay should work but the question is how long to make the delay. :slight_smile:)

To do that, go to Settings -> Customize and create a User Command called OpenToTree which runs this:

Go D:\ NEW Set FOCUS=Tree


Now change your shortcut to run this:

"e:\program1\GPSoftware\Directory-Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd OpenToTree

Note that it should run dopusrt.exe and not dopus.exe.

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Thanks Scred and leo. I won't return to the computer's location until 12 June so I shall apply the code then. Afterward, I shall post back here with the results. Again, thank you for the help.

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Hi

I followed leo's instructions, and now when I execute the desktop shortcut using "e:\program1\GPSoftware\Directory-Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd OpenToTree, Directory Opus opens with the focus in the folder/directory pane on drive D:. This works for the first instance of Dir Opus that I open. If I leave the first instance open, and then open a second instance of Dir Opus, the focus in the second instance is in the file list pane. (I use the Details view).

Questions:
leo, how do I add a delay between the commands?

Both leo and Scred show the following in their posts:
CODE: SELECT ALL
What is this, and why isn't it used in the command?

Thank you for the help, leo.

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[quote="County"]Both leo and Scred show the following in their posts:
CODE: SELECT ALL
What is this, and why isn't it used in the command?[/quote]
That's because it's not part of the text that either of them wrote... it's part of the forum's implementation of adding text to the special {code} boxes in forum posts. If you mouse over the Select all text - you'll see that it is a hyper-link, which - if clicked, will 'select' (highlight) all of the text within the {code} box for easy copying and pasting into other apps (such as pasting the XML definition for an Opus button to a toolbar in customize mode)...

Back to your real question - I'm not sure that you'll be able to get a method to work reliably for what you want to do. You can try various things to add a delay - but it may not always work like you want. I couldn't even get it to work with an @confirm dialog inserted in-between the two other commands...

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steje - thanks for the information on CODE: SELECT ALL.

Does Dir Opus have the ability to include navigation keystrokes into a USER command? If it can, then I can have Dir Opus do a default open to the file list, and then have the shift+tab keystrokes applied automatically to move the focus to the Folder Tree.

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You'd have the same problem (in fact, more problems) sending keystrokes as using Set FOCUS=Tree -- the issue is ensuring the new window is open and ready before telling it to do things.

If you really want to do this, send GPSoftware a feature request for a proper "open a window and set focus to the tree" command/argument. That'd be better than anything I can think of. (Adding a delay to the command would probably work most of the time, but it'd be a kludge at best.)

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Thanks leo. I have just submitted a feature request as you recommended. Could you please advise how and where to set a delay within the command set:
Go D:\ NEW
Set FOCUS=Tree

Thanks for the help.