I use Directory Opus for art projects and gaming. So I have lots of tabs open for quick access. And the vertical tabs feature has been a life-saver (compared to the compressed nightmare that was horizontal tabs). Just wanted to make one suggestion to improve on the feature...
I just started using Edge and the FireFox browser for similar "power user" reasons. But in FireFox, I've been particularly impressed by the following "add-on" called "Tree Style Tabs":
It creates a parent-child relationship between tabs. That's visually expressed through indentation of both the tab icon and name. The parents are easily collapsable, for scenarios where that's needed:
That format looks very logical and helps create the relationships or families I want with my tabs.
Currently in Directory Opus, I have to use the tab-rename feature to put special characters before the tab-name. But because the icon is still aligned to the far-left, it just doesn't have the same visual logic. Plus it's really cumbersome to rename all the tabs manually:
For some reason, your online manual doesn't load for me in Chrome (or any other browser). So I tried checking the software's Help manual.
I see text references to such a thing, but no visual example. Just so we're on the same page, can you give me a screenshot example of the feature you're talking about?
Hi @Leo, I just got some time to tinker and noticed that the "Favorites List" you referred to appears on the "Folder Tree" side panel. I usually don't use that panel, that's why I was initially confused.
I have one question...can those "Favorites" be configured per-lister? Because I'd be using them as tab substitutes, my preference would be for only relevant favorites appearing in a particular "Lister Layout" (for example, "Arcade", "ArtWork", "Software", etc.)
They don't have to be in the folder tree. You can have them on a toolbar as well, although not as a flat list currently. (That's what I was proposing.)
Making them different per lister would be possible by having different toolbars turned on for different listers/layouts/styles, and showing different branches of the favorites tree in each.
For clarification...if the favorites are displayed on toolbars, would that be a horizontal layout? Kind of like how bookmarks are displayed in web browser toolbars?
And can I interpret your proposal of a "flat list" to mean that would be a vertical layout - perhaps in a side panel? I would greatly appreciate this, because vertical is what I find easiest to navigate.
In regards to my last question, it was very difficult getting an answer because most web-search results lead to the Directory Opus online manual (which will not load in any of my web browsers - despite no add-ons interfering)...
But thankfully, ChatGPT came to the rescue and provided more clarification...
If you use Directory Opus' toolbar to display "Favorites", the default is a horizontal layout. So very similar to how web-browsers display bookmarks on their toolbars.
I don't like horizontal layouts because the excess gets hidden (requiring you press the expansion button to reveal) - or you get an overly large multi-level toolbar that consumes too much screen real-estate.
However, ChatGPT pointed out something very interesting...in Directory Opus, toolbars can be vertical! I never knew this!
Unfortunately, in the case of favorites - Directory Opus' vertical toolbar representation lacks the tree-like capability of Opus' "Folder Tree" side panel.
In the screenshot below is a comparison of both. Where the "Folder Tree" can show the favorites layered properly...the vertical toolbar hides "children" and only shows the "parent" items:
Because I'm new to all this, I've had great difficulty visualizing what @Leo suggested in his first response ("flattened favorites list using indentation on a toolbar"). But now I understand what he was suggesting essentially solves this problem...and allows for a "Tree Like Tabs" solution using Favorites displayed on a vertical toolbar.
