Switch between folders in Dual Display mode

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How can I just, by key, switch between folders in Dual Display mode?
By using the TAB key I can switch between the tree, folder1, folder2 and the searchbox. But what I want is only switching between folder1 and folder2.

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use CTRL TAB

3

Another option is to turn on Preferences / File Displays / Options / Use Tab key to switch source/destination in dual-display Listers and the Tab key will only switch between the two sides.

4

That's awesome, I never realised the option existed. Thanks for pointing it out :+1:

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Thanks! This is exactly what I want.

Is there also an option that there's always an selected item.

For example: When I switch to another Folder I have to navigate with my arrows in order to go to parent or folder. So I would like to press TAB then ENTER and it goes to "Parent" or "Opens folder" directly.

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You can push Space or the Up arrow to select the first item if you're on it and it isn't selected.

Or turn on Preferences / File Displays / Options / Automatically select first file in folder (except in Power Mode) which will make the first item selected automatically when you change folders. (Not when you push Tab, but if it's already selected then it will stay selected.)

Making the first item selected when you push Tab could probably be done by a script add-in that uses OnActivateTab. You'd probably also want that script to only do it when nothing was already selected, else switching sides would lose your selection.

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Sorry for digging up this old thread but I have a follow-up question to this.

Is it possible, with a command, to switch to either Source or Dest? (My reasons for this are by no means crucial, only esoteric.)

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Yes, see the Set FOCUS=… command.

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