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Result of the requests for what should be added in the next couple of versions (
Mathias (Author):
A while a got I asked what features you wanted me to add for next couple of version.
Well, The answers I got was very few, So I guess you do not want anything changed, So I guess I just add/fix things that I need for my self then.
Of the few request I got I will fix/add some of them.
Here is a list of the request I got.. Followed by some comments after the list
1. Search inside archives (including content search).
2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.
3. Some kind of status line for the current file in list mode.
It might be shown when no items are selected, otherwise standart selected stat would be shown.
Although i would like both of them to be shown but i don't see a way now. As there's only one file may be focused,
maybe current file info might be shown in the main status bar (optionally), but i'm not sure it would look good.
4 Rearrange and remove items in the copy/move queue
5 Able to select files into different Groups. or flag files/folders.
So if I have many many files and I need to do different things with them I can go over
them and give them different flags or put them in different selections groups.
I should then be able to say copy files from selection group X (or items with flag x) to folder X.
and then after that while that is copying I can start a new/or queue items from selection Group Y to be copied to folder Y and so on..
6 Show files as thumbnail with detailed info. Like detailed view mode but instead of an icon show a thumbnail and
have the other columns to the right of the thumbnail stacked from top to bottom.. so after the image there are X rows (depending on columns shows) with the file info.
7 Add touch/gesture support. pinch to zoom for Text and Picture Viewer.. and other gestures..
8 Use custom icons for internal file associations. E.g. if default OS app for *.pdf files is Adobe Acrobat Reader,
but MC's assigned app is PDF-XChange Viewer, so PDF-XChange Viewer's (or user defined) icon
should be shown in the file list for *.pdf files.
9. Ability to set default file type for pasting from clipboard.
E.g. i often paste img files and would like to save them in PNG format.
Maybe "use by default" checkbox or just setting in config file.
10. In paste from clipboard dialog when i change file type, focus is moved to the filename field.
It is inconvenient when navigating via keyboard because i need to switch to filetype combo again.
11. Apply 'Auto resort files after manual renaming' also to folders.
12. If i create folder la-la;bla-bla, two folders are created.
But i want single folder with ; char as a part of the name.
So i suggest creating multiple folders when name is CSV-string. E.g. "folder1","folder2".
13 New files are highlighted in color.
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= Below are some answers / comments to the requests
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1. Search inside archives (including content search).
This is something I would like to add. And searching content of file in archives would require archives to be temporary unpacked. And this can be very slow.
Some archive it might be enough to just unpack the file you want. but some archive unpacking all of the archive is required. Might start with supporting only Zip and some other archive format in the beginning.
2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.
Yes this is something that must be added. However creating a UI for this is not trivial, It is not easy to do a UI for this simple. It can easily become very complex.
I been playing around with different idea. But guess I have to settle on one of them.
3. Some kind of status line for the current file in list mode.
I had some ideas with this before that did not work. I might do a simpler version of it instead.
4. Rearrange and remove items in the copy/move queue
This is something that have been on my list for a very long time. It also is something that require quite a bit of development time. But it is something that I want to do.
5. Able to select files into different Groups. or flag files/folders.
Something similar is being planed. and It can be used for what you describe.
6. Show files as thumbnail with detailed info
A detailed mode that shows thumbnails is something that I have on my list of request.
7 Add touch/gesture support.
Touch support is something I would like to add. Problem is that is currently does not own a touch device So I can not add it.
And if it gets added it will be possible to disable it and/or configure it like the mouse actions can be configured today
8. Use custom icons for internal file associations
Yes.. When configuring Editor/Viewer I guess settings an icon there too might be a good idea.
But what icon should it show if you set a different icon for edit/view ? Or Maybe have a Icon tab... Well I figure something out.
9. Ability to set default file type for pasting from clipboard
You really need a config for it ? Or would a remembering last used format. So if you used PNG last time it will be the format that is preselected the next time. Is that good enough ?
10 . Paste dialog - Focus is moved to the filename field
I know. The problem is that it will select the filename part for you when you selected a format. And if you just do arrow up/down the combobox takes that as a selection. Im not sure that can be change unless the select only filename part is disabled.
However as said in the comments, pressing F4 is a workaround. Might not be good enough.
11 Apply 'Auto resort files after manual renaming' also to folders.
It is not.. I will look into that.
12 . If i create folder la-la;bla-bla,
As said in comment ; is used for separator when creating multiple folders.. But I like the sugestion with a checkbox in the Create Folder dialog to override it
13 New files are highlighted in color.
It depends on what you mean with new file.. A new file that is added to a folder even if the file date are old ? Like copying a old file (and keeping filedate) to a new folder. is that file then new ? or is it files that are less then X minutes old based on file date ?
If it is based on file date then RuleBased Coloring is the answer and when UI for that is fixed it will be easier to add. (Probably one of the default ones that can be enabled)
ice-man:
--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on July 22, 2013, 07:54:33 ---2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.
Yes this is something that must be added. However creating a UI for this is not trivial, It is not easy to do a UI for this simple. It can easily become very complex.
I been playing around with different idea. But guess I have to settle on one of them.
--- End quote ---
Yes GUI for something like that is not easy.
How about making it work like many E-Mail filters things works.
When you create email filter you first select what field you want to match and then how to match it and then you enter a value at match against,
So here it would be three comboboxes.
[ File Field ] [ Match Operation ] [ Value ]
And if "filename" is selected in file field then "Match Operation" will be populated with the valid match options for name like.
Is, Contains, Begins With, Ends With. and so on ?
Mathias (Author):
--- Quote from: ice-man on July 23, 2013, 14:24:28 ---
--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on July 22, 2013, 07:54:33 ---2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.
Yes this is something that must be added. However creating a UI for this is not trivial, It is not easy to do a UI for this simple. It can easily become very complex.
I been playing around with different idea. But guess I have to settle on one of them.
--- End quote ---
Yes GUI for something like that is not easy.
How about making it work like many E-Mail filters things works.
When you create email filter you first select what field you want to match and then how to match it and then you enter a value at match against,
So here it would be three comboboxes.
[ File Field ] [ Match Operation ] [ Value ]
And if "filename" is selected in file field then "Match Operation" will be populated with the valid match options for name like.
Is, Contains, Begins With, Ends With. and so on ?
--- End quote ---
Yes I been think about something like that. But the hard part is how to do the advanced stuff simple.
Rules can have many sub rules like Filename contains "*.exe" And FileSize more than 1MB
Not sure if OR have to be included. One can just create a new rules for that.
So doing UI can be tricky. what option and features around it have, how it should work and look. Im going to start with the UI soon and it will be there in a alpha version shortly.
ice-man:
--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on July 24, 2013, 18:27:36 ---Yes I been think about something like that. But the hard part is how to do the advanced stuff simple.
Rules can have many sub rules like Filename contains "*.exe" And FileSize more than 1MB
Not sure if OR have to be included. One can just create a new rules for that.
So doing UI can be tricky. what option and features around it have, how it should work and look. Im going to start with the UI soon and it will be there in a alpha version shortly.
--- End quote ---
Great...
Here are some ides of feature for the RuleBased Coloring UI and more.
* Rule to be enabled/disabled with a checkbox or something.
* Some kind of preview of the colors for the rule
* Import / Export so user can move / share rules
* Groups. So if group1 is selected then rule1,2,3,4 as set, group2 will set rule 2,5,6,7 or what the user now defines.
* Rule groups to be activated by script. So that user can defines hotkeys for different color groups.
Jungle:
--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on July 22, 2013, 07:54:33 ---==================================================================
8. Use custom icons for internal file associations
Yes.. When configuring Editor/Viewer I guess settings an icon there too might be a good idea.
But what icon should it show if you set a different icon for edit/view ? Or Maybe have a Icon tab... Well I figure something out.
--- End quote ---
If there's only one association (e.g. only for View) so the choice is obvious. If there are several associations then icon should be choosen using priority:
1. Open/run association
2. Edit association
3. View association
This of course should be done only if MC decides which icon to use. User may manually choose desired icon.
--- Quote ---9. Ability to set default file type for pasting from clipboard
You really need a config for it ? Or would a remembering last used format. So if you used PNG last time it will be the format that is preselected the next time. Is that good enough ?
--- End quote ---
I think it's enough.
--- Quote ---10 . Paste dialog - Focus is moved to the filename field
I know. The problem is that it will select the filename part for you when you selected a format. And if you just do arrow up/down the combobox takes that as a selection. Im not sure that can be change unless the select only filename part is disabled.
However as said in the comments, pressing F4 is a workaround. Might not be good enough.
--- End quote ---
Actually when you paste something from clipboard, the focus is automatically moved to the filename field. Therefore renaming is the first action performed in this dialog. So i don't know what is the reason to return focus to the name field each time.
--- Quote ---12 . If i create folder la-la;bla-bla,
As said in comment ; is used for separator when creating multiple folders.. But I like the sugestion with a checkbox in the Create Folder dialog to override it
--- End quote ---
Well, the reasons i suggested to use "folder1","folder2" when creating multiple folders are:
1. ";" is a valid pathname char
2. Enclosing folders in the double quotes (which is invalid pathanme char) is a common practice. And also some select files dialogs represent the result as a comma separated string with items enclosed by double quotes.
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