Small feature request: option 'both' for Set Gridlinesh=toggle

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I'd like to suggest this option:

Set Gridlinesh=toggle,both

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To toggle horizontal and vertical lines at once? Or something else?

3

In my case, only the horizontal ones. But it would make sense to have it for vertical as well, i suppose.

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But what do you want the "both" part to do? You didn't say. :slight_smile:

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Well, if i use the command, and i forgot so say i was talking about the alternating pattern, i would prefer to have the grid toggled on either side of the lister, in both file displays. At the moment it only will work at the current side.

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Ah, that makes sense! Thanks for explaining it.

Here's a button that will toggle horizontal lines in all tabs of the active window.

Only caveat is it won't affect new tabs -- those will still get the main Preferences setting. (Affecting new tabs would probably be better done via a command to change the Preferences option itself, instead of just overriding it for a single tab. We could add that but don't have it at the moment. It could also be done via a script add-in, but writing that is much more complicated than the quick script below.)

For reference, it runs this script code:

// Toggles horizontal grid lines in all tabs in the active window.
// Chooses what to do based on the source tab's state.
// Other tabs (if any) could be out of sync before should be in sync after.
// Does not affect new tabs or other windows; change Preferences for that.
// (Or a script add-in could apply the override when new windows and tabs open.)
function OnClick(clickData)
{
	var tab = clickData.func.sourcetab;
	var lister = tab.lister;
	var cmd = clickData.func.command;
	cmd.deselect = false; // Prevent automatic deselection
	cmd.ClearFiles();

	var cmdLine = "Set GRIDLINESH=";
	if (cmd.IsSet("GRIDLINESH=toggle"))
		cmdLine += "off";
	else
		cmdLine += "on";

	for (var eTab = new Enumerator(lister.tabs); !eTab.atEnd(); eTab.moveNext())
	{
		cmd.SetSourceTab(eTab.item());
		cmd.RunCommand(cmdLine);
	}
}
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Support++ the OP's request for the option:

Set Gridlinesh=toggle,both

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8

Thanks Leo,jinsight,both

:slightly_smiling_face:

Will try the script!

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9

Works well. I made an user command and use the Shift-Doubleclick background event to toggle the grid.

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Just another half related question. All works well, but for some reason Opus now starts with the gridlines turned on. I turned them off, saved it as the new default lister, which i also use as Opus' start mode, but the gridlines keep coming back. I only need them occasionally, so what could be possibly the reason, that they keep sticking to my default mode? :thinking:

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Have you changed the default setting in Preferences?

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Yes. But only after you gave me the right hint. :slightly_smiling_face:
Thanks!