The one really annoying aspect of OPUS is . .

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I love Directory Opus. However, the one thing that drives me crazy is if I have a folder highlighted and choose NEW FOLDER, it should put the new folder in the directly that I've HIGHLIGHTED :-). I keep having to move the new directory because OPUS puts the new folder in the same folder level. Please tell me that there is a way in settings somewhere to change this behavior. Thanks!

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Thanks, though I'm not sure how to do this level of programming with OPUS. Do you have a tutorial? Also, can I also fix the fact that when I drag a file onto a list of files in a different folder, that it copies that file into that same folder instead of the parent which it does now?

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A tutorial is linked in the same discussion.

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When you drop a file in a lister, it gets :

  • moved or copied in the folder that the lister is displaying if you rop on 'normal' files
  • added to an archive if you drop on an archive file (rar, zip, ...)
  • moved or copied to the folder you drop them to if you drop on a folder.

The fact that you have expanded any level of folders is not taken into account.
If you want to move/copy to a subfolder (expanded or not) displayed in a lister, you need to drop on that folder, not files.

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I prefer tabs to do this. I want to be able to see what I have done not expanded.
However, perhaps a few new arguments to CreateFolder INLINE could be useful to people ?

Edit:
Actually, we already can by using CreateFolder INLINE "{filepath$}\New Folder" .

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That's the thing with Opus now - You can already do a lot that is not exposed by a GUI checkbox, or similar UI, through scripting (one of the best addition's to Opus, along with customisable GUI dialog's + Everything). Most thing's you can do with a bit of knowledge, but I could see this suggestion being a benefit as GUI option, or advanced text option in Pref's.

More organised Doc's/Tutorial's, breaking down what is achievable, which can also be adapted to other problem's would also be worth-while. I don't have the ideal answer, but just know it could be improved/more organised/option more easily found.

Opus is pretty much a very flexible scriptable platform/shell (Think Linux/UNIX shell's), coming close being an OS, without the kernel stuff.

I Love it!X :slight_smile:

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