I'd like a toggle in viewer preferences "Keep viewer in sync with the launching lister".
Add this toggle button to your viewer
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<button backcol="none" display="both" label_pos="right" separate="yes" textcol="none">
<label>Autotrack File</label>
<icon1>#default:selectinvert</icon1>
<function type="normal">
<instruction>@toggle:if $glob:AutotrackFile</instruction>
<instruction>@if:$glob:AutotrackFile</instruction>
<instruction>@set glob:AutotrackFile</instruction>
<instruction>@if:else</instruction>
<instruction>@set glob:AutotrackFile=on</instruction>
<instruction>@toggle:update</instruction>
</function>
</button>
And this modified version to your scripts (replace old code)
// Viewer Select
// (c) 2016-2017 Leo Davidson
// This is a script for Directory Opus.
// See https://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/redirect.asp?page=scripts for development information.
// See https://resource.dopus.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=27361 for information about this specific script.
// Called by Directory Opus to initialize the script
function OnInit(initData)
{
initData.name = "Viewer Select";
initData.version = "1.3";
initData.copyright = "(c) 2016-2017 Leo Davidson";
initData.url = "https://resource.dopus.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=27361";
initData.desc = "The file display selection will track the standalone viewer's current file.";
initData.default_enable = true;
initData.min_version = "12.2";
initData.vars.Set("VMapPaths", DOpus.Create.Map());
initData.vars("VMapPaths").persist = false;
}
// Called when an event takes place in the standalone viewer
function OnViewerEvent(viewerEventData)
{
if(!IsVariableSet("$glob:AutotrackFile"))
return;
var viewer = viewerEventData.viewer;
var tab = viewer.parenttab;
var mapPaths = Script.vars("VMapPaths").value;
if (viewerEventData.event == "load")
{
if (!mapPaths.exists(viewer))
{
// For the first file, verify the tab contains the file we open with.
// If it doesn't, the viewer may have been launched from outside of Opus,
// or via a command which explicitly displays a file from a path which isn't
// visible in the folder tab. Those situations still associate the viewer with
// a lister/tab if one exists, and we want to leave those tabs alone.
if (TabContainsFile(tab, viewer.current))
{
mapPaths(viewer) = tab.path + ""; // Store string, not Path object.
}
else
{
mapPaths(viewer) = ""; // Make a note to ignore this viewer.
}
}
var path = mapPaths(viewer);
var file = viewerEventData.item;
// Still in the starting folder?
if (typeof tab != "undefined"
&& typeof path != "undefined"
&& typeof file != "undefined"
&& path != ""
&& tab.path == path)
{
var cmd = DOpus.Create.Command();
cmd.SetSourceTab(tab);
cmd.AddFile(file);
cmd.RunCommand("Select FROMSCRIPT SETFOCUS DESELECTNOMATCH");
}
return;
}
if (viewerEventData.event == "destroy")
{
mapPaths.erase(viewer);
return;
}
}
function IsVariableSet(variableName)
{
var objCmd = DOpus.CreateCommand;
if (objCmd.IsSet(variableName))
{
DOpus.Output("The '" + variableName + "' variable is set!");
return true;
}
return false;
}
function TabContainsFile(tab, item)
{
// Workaround to avoid error if no valid file is passed.
if (typeof tab == "undefined"
|| typeof item == "undefined")
{
return false;
}
// Simple test is usually enough. Is the tab showing the folder the file is in?
// (It's possible the file is hidden, but that would be weird in this context, so we ignore that.)
if (DOpus.FSUtil.ComparePath(DOpus.FSUtil.Resolve(tab.path), item.path))
{
return true;
}
// To work in collections, libraries and flat view, we need to go through the actual list of files.
// This could be slow as we don't currently have a quicker way than looping through the files.
var itemPathString = item + "";
// It'll usually be a selected file if the viewer opened via double-click. Try them first.
for (var eItems = new Enumerator(tab.selected_files); !eItems.atEnd(); eItems.moveNext())
{
// Compare the path strings, not the item objects.
if ((eItems.item() + "") == itemPathString)
{
return true;
}
}
for (var eItems = new Enumerator(tab.files); !eItems.atEnd(); eItems.moveNext())
{
// Compare the path strings, not the item objects.
// Skip selected files as we already checked them.
if (!eItems.item().selected && (eItems.item() + "") == itemPathString)
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
The modification is this
if(!IsVariableSet("$glob:AutotrackFile"))
return;
checking if the variable set from toggle button exists and depending on this running the rest of the code or returning without execution.
However, the toggle button only shows its new toggle state (changing the background color) AFTER changing the file in the viewer. The code is from the docs and i dont know if this behaviour is intended or a bug. @Leo do you have ideas on this? Also the @toggle:update does not help here.
Is there a way to make this work in checkbox mode?
Even though its not checkbox mode, you might have a look at my selection script here Add current viewer file to selection in lister tab