Is there an easy quick way to temporarily save a directory location?
I can do FAVORITES -> ADD TO FAVORITES
but then to later delete the location I have to do FAVORITES -> EDIT FAVORITES, select, delete, which is a lot of work, so I don't do it, but then my favorites list fills up.
I can do SETTINGS -> LISTER LAYOUTS -> SAVE THIS LISTER, give it a name.
But when I later go to that lister layout, all my other listers get closed.
I could go to SETTINGS -> EDIT LAYOUTS, select, and uncheck the box "Close all existing Listers when loading this layout," but that is a lot of work to do every time. I haven't found a way to have that box unchecked by default.
This product is so powerful there must be an easier faster way that I just don't know about.
Theoretically, when you select Settings, Edit Layouts, then change any check box with your saved layout selected, then finally press Apply (or OK), the change is saved and you do not have to revisit that check box--your layout is re-saved with the new option.
On my computer, this works every time (I have just verified it). Are you sure you have performed all the above steps, in this order?
[quote="deleyd"]Is there an easy quick way to temporarily save a directory location?
I can do FAVORITES -> ADD TO FAVORITES
but then to later delete the location I have to do FAVORITES -> EDIT FAVORITES, select, delete, which is a lot of work, so I don't do it, but then my favorites list fills up.
I can do SETTINGS -> LISTER LAYOUTS -> SAVE THIS LISTER, give it a name.
But when I later go to that lister layout, all my other listers get closed.
I could go to SETTINGS -> EDIT LAYOUTS, select, and uncheck the box "Close all existing Listers when loading this layout," but that is a lot of work to do every time. I haven't found a way to have that box unchecked by default.
This product is so powerful there must be an easier faster way that I just don't know about.[/quote]
Create a folder called C:\Temporary Shortcuts (or whatever you want).
This command will take the selected folders (and files, if that's useful) and create shortcuts to them in C:\Temporary Shortcuts:
Copy MAKELINK TO "C:\Temporary Shortcuts"
This command will give you a menu of what's in C:\Temporary Shortcuts, so that each of the shortcuts in there is like an entry in your Favorites list:
Go "C:\Temporary Shortcuts" FOLDERCONTENT
(If you put that command in a menu then it'll work perfectly. If it's on a toolbar directly -- i.e. so it's visible all the time -- then you may need to hit F5 to make it update sometimes.)
To remove something from the list you now just need to to go C:\Temporary Shortcuts and delete whichever shortcuts you no longer want. You could make a button which runs this to speed things up:
Go "C:\Temporary Shortcuts"
You could also make a button which deletes all of the shortcuts if you want to clear the list in one click:
Delete "C:\Temporary Shortcuts\*"
(Add QUIET to that if you don't want the delete confirmation.)
Leo, thank you for the idea. So C:\Temporary Shortcuts becomes a list of temporary shortcuts.
I do keep a folder C:\Users\Public__ShortCuts and new listers open to this folder. That often quickly gets me to where I want to go.
(named so it will be at the top of the list. I use Public as my main folder, because I have a home network, and I want to be able to access all my files from any computer.)
Alan, I probably wasn't clear. Yes the box stays unchecked once I uncheck it. My question is, when I do SETTINGS -> LISTER LAYOUTS -> SAVE THIS LISTER, and give it a name, the new saved lister layout by default has that box checked, so if I want to use this new saved lister, and not lose all my other listers, I must first go uncheck that box for the new saved lister. Is there a way to change this default behavior?
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I've often come across this situation:[ol][li]I have a Dual Vertical lister[/li]
[li]I temporarily want to switch one side to Explorer view (single display tree)[/li]
[li]I then want to go back to my Dual Vertical lister view, except when I go, it's forgotten all about where the other side was, and I have to navigate to it all over again.
Is there an easier way? (Of course there is. I just don't know what it is yet.)[/li][/ol]
If you save over an existing layout (i.e. save a layout and select an existing name from the drop-down list) then Opus seems to preserve the checkbox. So it's only a problem with new layouts, not updated ones.
With new layouts it bugs me sometimes as well. (I don't think I've ever wanted opening a layout to close all other windows, though I'm sure some people use them differently and do want it.) I've filed a feature request with GPSoftware asking for a way to save layouts without the Close all existing listers option being on for them.
[quote][ol][li]I have a Dual Vertical lister[/li]
[li]I temporarily want to switch one side to Explorer view (single display tree)[/li]
[li]I then want to go back to my Dual Vertical lister view, except when I go, it's forgotten all about where the other side was, and I have to navigate to it all over again.
Is there an easier way? (Of course there is. I just don't know what it is yet.)[/li][/ol][/quote]
You can toggle dual display mode, while remembering what was in the 2nd display, with a button that runs this command:
Set DUAL=Toggle,Source,Remember
(The Source part is optional. It makes the newly opened display the source instead of leaving the old display as the source.)
I'm not aware of a way to do the same thing using styles but if it's just Dual Vertical and Explorer that you're toggling between then I think the button will have the desired effect, if you use Dual Vertical as your starting point. In other words, click the button instead of swtiching to the Explorer style, then click it again to switch back.