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I am looking for a single file manager that does it all but so far I have not found it. It comes down to DOpus and Total Commander. If Dopus would incorporate some of the TC functions then I would use DOpus exclusively!

For example:

  1. Quick Search - The TC implementation of quick search is flawless - a real productivity enhancer. The DOpus find panel while powerfull does not permit quick searching.

  2. It would be handy if the active panel responded to double-clicks which would then launch a favorites menu.

  3. The advanced selection functionality does not persist once a different folder is selected. Also there is no visible indication on the panel title bar of the filter that is currently in use.

  4. The print folder output does not show the folder name anywhere!

Perhaps there are solutions to the above that I am missing?

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What do you mean by "quick searching"? Some of us have never used Total Commander so you'll need to be more specific.

Do you mean you want the favourites menu to appear if you double-click some empty space in a file list? You can't do that exactly, but you could add the favourites menu to the Lister Context Menu which you get if you right-click in some empty space in the file list (or on the status bar). That's one less click, at least. :slight_smile: (You can put the favorites list in any menu or toolbar.)

Not certain this is what you want, but try dragging the Show Files Field from Customize, Commands, in the View category. This gives you an edit box that you can type patterns into to show/hide files. The pattern persist when you change to another directory (unless that directory has a saved set of Folder Options which overrides the filter). You can always see whether a filter is in place since you can see it in the edit box on the toolbar. You can also, if you like, add a red, bold hidden file count to the status bar.

Indeed. Don't know a good solution, although you could make the Print Folder button put the current folder name into the clipboard after printing to a file, for easy pasting...

I haven't given many details for all of this since I'm not sure if it's what you want. If it is and you need more help let us know and hopefully someone will answer (I may not be around on the forum for a couple of days).

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[quote]djere wrote:

  1. Quick Search - The TC implementation of quick search is flawless - a real productivity enhancer. The DOpus find panel while powerfull does not permit quick searching.[/quote]
    its great option in tcmd. you can easily press alt and write name file or folder in small text box when tcmd select files or folders in browser view.

its great option too but it can be done in status bar contex menu.

what i would to see in d.opus?
-'GO UP' in directory view [..]
-chance 'styles' with different toolbars and for selected folders
-TOOLBARS in DUAL MODE (like status bar), buttons only for right side and only for left side with separator.
-branch view (with sub dirs) like in tcmd (all files in actual folder and in sub folders, you can fast see thumbnails of all files from actual folder and all subfolders, you can 'quick search' in this files etc).
-improvement speed of copy files
-smaller size in memory (20-30mb is to much)
-more packer plugins
-more languages

-why can i select files on Details Mode and other views like in Power
Mode (full-row selection, left button:auto-deselect, right button:normal drag select etc)

sorry for my english, thanks and all the best :slight_smile:

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Opus is a bit slower at copying than certain tools because as well as copying the file data it also copies file attributes and timestamps. You can turn some of that off in Preferences if you don't care about such things, but most of the time it makes sense to copy them and take a slight speed hit.

If you want less memory usage, turn off all your background images and minimize the number of icons etc. you use/display. That said, I have a lot of backgrounds and icons etc. in Opus and it's using about 12meg, rather than 20-30.

Keep in mind that Windows will page unused memory out to disk so it only matters if all of this memory is in constant use.

[quote]-why can i select files on Details Mode and other views like in Power
Mode (full-row selection, left button:auto-deselect, right button:normal drag select etc)[/quote]
There's an option for full-row-select in Details Mode but if you want to change what the mouse buttons do then you should use Power Mode. That is exactly what Power Mode exists for, while Details Mode is aimed at being (generally) compatible with Explorer and Windows as a whole.

Tried the pop-out navigation buttons? They'll make a button appear if you put the mouse in the top-left of the file list, where ".." would appear (but without having to scroll to the top of long lists).

Or just the Up button on a toolbar?

I don't understand why anyone wants the old-fashioned ".." when there are better ways to do it. To each their own, of course, but I haven't heard any positive arguments about what ".." does better than all the other methods.

Dual-aligned toolbars, and toolbars which are associated with styles or particular directories are both good ideas that I hope we'll see one day.

More packer plugins would be nice, although which ones do people really use? Personally I'd like to see better RAR support before thinks like 7Zip are considered, but the problem is RAR is a completely closed format and you can't even licence the code for it, except the awful unrar.dll which Opus currently uses.

That said I may look at writing some packer plugins one day. I've got a lot to do on my existing plugins first, though. So little time. :frowning:

For more languages, I think GPSoft are pretty open to giving people the resources to translate Opus, provided they're serious about doing the translation and can do a good job. (And the translation is also for a market where there are actually customers to make it worthwhile.)

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yes, i know that. i use often description for files (.ion) so i use coping with descriptions. file description, attributes and timestamps is also coping by tcmd...
maybe helps option for copy big files (not using cache) and copy files in the same disk (but different partition - buffer size 10240), copy files in different disk (buffer size 64k).

[quote]-smaller size in memory (20-30mb is to much)
If you want less memory usage, turn off all your background images and minimize the number of icons etc. you use/display. That said, I have a lot of backgrounds and icons etc. in Opus and it's using about 12meg, rather than 20-30.
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ok, i will try do something. of course this program offer very very good, powerfull and intuitive interface, a lot of funcions and i dont expect for this program will be ultra slim :wink:

simply - because its intuitive. when you jumping on folders than you click the most upper [..] and this is it :slight_smile: i dont like use context menu for surfing on files :wink:
of course buttons in the toolbar isn't bad! its good idea but some people likes options...

...and what do you think about quick search and branch view? its great tools to see all files from actual location+sub folders and for quick searching or view thumbnails.

best...

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I don't think anyone's explained what Quick Search is yet. :slight_smile: Is it like the filter boxes in Opus?

pretentiousname.com/opus/bf2.html#f_tbfilts

Is that like Flat Mode, or something different?

pretentiousname.com/opus/bf1.html#f_flat

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[quote]
nudel wrote:
I don't think anyone's explained what Quick Search is yet. :slight_smile: Is it like the filter boxes in Opus?

pretentiousname.com/opus/bf2.html#f_tbfilts[/quote]
hmmm, i dont now where i can try this? its Show Files from commands?

[quote]
Is that like Flat Mode, or something different?

pretentiousname.com/opus/bf1.html#f_flat[/quote]
yes :slight_smile: and this is much more, i have no questions :wink: its my second day with this program so...

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Yup, that's the one. There's also Hide Files and Show Folders / Hide Folders. Most of the time you just need Show Files, though, so I have that on my toolbar and I have a hotkey that I can press to pop open another toolbar that has the other filter boxes, just in case I need them.

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After playing with Opus [Show Files] toolbar field, I do like it but it's not exactly the same as the 'quick search' as it does not select anything...

I remember reading posts from other users for a similar 'field' in which one could type a pattern for file selection which I agreed I would find useful... and as I looked around Lo And Behold, if you customize the toolbar and go to the Commands->Edit category, you just drag the Select Field command and voila... there you have your select field.

What might be a nice enhancement to this selection field would be to have a keyboard combo possible that would let you cycle the selection focus from pattern match to pattern match rather than ONLY allow selection of all files matching the pattern... this would be more like the TC implementation, where they allow up arrow/down arrow to cycle selection focus to the next matching file. I'd love for the initial Opus result to select all, then have such a keyboard combo cycle through those selected... like a sort of Select NEXT PATTERN kind operation.

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nudel wrote:

...so, its similar but not equal (Show File as i see is filter)...quick search is for quick find known name's file in folder with a lot of files. so, first you press alt (for example, its could be alt+shift), write first letter, now is opening small textbox with name you write. effect is immediate - file is selecting. of course you can use wildcards or up and down keys for jumping on specified files - small and usefull.
...and what do you think?

my next suggestions: option to HIDE (not close) on Dual Display view 'destination side' after open 'quick view' and come back to 'destination side' after close 'quick view'
-option 'minimalize to tray icon'
(maybe something i miss?)

sorry for my english and long pause :slight_smile:

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That would be useful sometimes.

That said, you can already type the start of a filename into Opus to jump to the file (works the same as Explorer) which is the most common thing, at least for me. And when I want to do something with wildcards I use the filter and then the up and down arrows do the same thing, since only files matching the filter are displayed.

So for me, personally, I wouldn't have much use for the "quick search" functionality, but I can see how it would be good for other people in other situations.