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Support and Feedback / Re: folder/filder sizes

« on: November 09, 2012, 23:19:30 »

all i want is to make the sizes displayed by MC same with what the properties dialog(size, and not size of disk) displays..that is if you're going to compare the size of a file/folder according to the Properties dialog(again, i mean 'Size' and not 'Size on disk') with the size displayed by MC in size column..you'll get the same value..and that is with decimal places included if there are..what are the steps to do that?what configurations in my OS do I need to change?I'm using Win7 x64..it's a bit problematic if MC displays a size and when i use properties dialog('size', and not 'size on disk') i see another value...

I don't know..  You say you get the same value.. then you say you do not get the same value. or is it just the formating that does not match ?
Size is not show with decimals, you can not have half a byte.. it does have thousand separator (also called group separator) and  MC It is using the thousand separator that is defined in regional and language settings on the computer.

3627

Support and Feedback / Re: folder/filder sizes

« on: November 09, 2012, 17:40:38 »

depending on what values you are referring to. Windows Explorer shows two values. real total value and virtual value.
MC shows the same real total number of byte.. Unless you have special files that MC count and that Windows Explorer does not count.

3628

Support and Feedback / Re: folder/filder sizes

« on: November 09, 2012, 17:02:00 »

The Properties Dialog is not from MC. it is from Windows Explorer.
MC uses number settings from the regional settings on the computer.

3629

Support and Feedback / Re: not transparent hidden folders/files

« on: November 09, 2012, 11:36:46 »

The are what you get with the color settings for the hidden/system file that you have under the color tab in Explorer Panel Settings

3630

Support and Feedback / Re: not transparent hidden folders/files

« on: November 09, 2012, 11:11:16 »

Not sure what you mean..
There is no reason for transparent since there is not picture in the background.. background is solid color.

Under color settings you can change the color for the System/Hidden and Readonly files. you can specify a change value. (It will calculate the color automatically based on this value and the value you have for that item ) or you can set a fixed color for them.

3631

Support and Feedback / Re: windows explorer selection rectangle

« on: November 09, 2012, 11:05:11 »

The option "Don't show the focus indicator" if checked it will turn of the focus frame.
and then you need to customize the colors and background for "Focus" item. under the Color tab in Explorer Panel Settings.
But I do not think you can have it look exactly as Windows Explorer. You will not get the gradient color scale of the background that you get in Explorer on Win7

3632

Support and Feedback / Re: My Computer

« on: November 09, 2012, 10:38:43 »

Alt+F1 shows the left panels Device Dropdown, Alt F2 the device dropdonw for the right panel.
and then pressing D will change the drive to D.

3633

Support and Feedback / Re: Always calculate folder sizes

« on: November 09, 2012, 10:36:35 »

This has been removed since it massively messed with the performance.

Size is calculated in combined bytes.

3634

Support and Feedback / Re: remove dots pointing to parent folder

« on: November 09, 2012, 10:35:07 »

Not possible.

3635

Support and Feedback / Re: windows explorer selection rectangle

« on: November 09, 2012, 10:29:44 »

You want to turn use it ? or turn it off ? anyway you do that in the same place.

Menu > Configuration > Explorer Panel > Display (tab) > Selection and Checking if items (Category)
 [.] Selection rectangle

3636

Support and Feedback / Re: separate color for system and hidden files

« on: November 09, 2012, 10:26:59 »

Both yes and no.. The whole coloring system will be changed. and it will be possible to set that then.

3637

Support and Feedback / Re: separate color for system and hidden files

« on: November 09, 2012, 06:37:56 »

Not at this time

3638

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: 2 suggestions

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:34:27 »

If you have a wide monitor then you will probably not shrink the program so much so that icons disappear.

I been think about adding something like that.  Problem is that it is not easy to add it into the way everything work now since a lot of the UI is built dynamic at runtime.

(Why do I not have unlimited time to spend on developing new things. So much to add, so little time..)

3639

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Compare 2 files by content

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:20:03 »

It depend on what kind of compare you thinking about. Binary/Check Sum compare? Yes , A content compare that shows what lines the files has that differs ? No. But there are lot of free tools for that and better integration with those tool will be added.

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Support and Feedback / Re: themes

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:16:40 »

Not more then that you can customize colors and so.. Might be more color option in the future. But full application theming will probably not be supported. It often slows down the program to much.

3641

Support and Feedback / Re: custom toolbar

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:14:46 »

As Jungle says, the QuickLaunch bar can be used to add both external programs and internal command.

See doc for more info

3642

Support and Feedback / Re: open folders with right arrow key

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:12:28 »

You can not replace it.
But you can add so that the arrow key also goes into folder using script

create a User Defined Command of Multi-Script type

Code: [Select]

@var $folder = GetSourceFocusPath();
MC.Explorer.Goto SOURCE={$folder}
Then save that command and press the "HotKey" button (in the User Commands dialog) and assign the Arrow key to that command.

3643

Support and Feedback / Re: My Computer

« on: November 08, 2012, 18:06:42 »

A Explorer like My Computer is not possible in the file list part..  You have a list of all the drive in the device dropdown or the device button bar.

3644

Support and Feedback / Re: [BUG] Changing file and folder state colors

« on: November 07, 2012, 14:54:22 »

I will check it out. Looks to be a minor initialization error.

3645

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: 2 suggestions

« on: November 07, 2012, 14:53:39 »

1. When drive combos enabled for explorer panel and MC window size is quite small, buttons (tree, root etc) are not visible.

I see 3 ways to resolve this.
  a) Additional button (like arrow button in old MS Office toolbars) may appear which shows something like popup menu with inaccessible buttons
  b) Bar wrap, i.e. buttons which don't fit bar width should be shown at next line
  c) Additional toolbar (like drive bar)

Yes, That is something would like to fix. But there is no easy way to fix so that it will auto correct it self if the window is resized. 
All good solution would require a lot of work. And I would categorize it is a minor issue and it would cost to much develop time to fix it.
But I put it on the list. So maybe I get a good idea someday and can fix it in a easy way.

2. Current file info. This was already suggested but it is especially actual now because of list mode.
In list view mode you can't see current file info (size, date, attr ...), so maybe a section in status bar can be used for that?

Yes, Something like that is planned. I will push it higher up on the todo list.

3646

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Better Time Estimations

« on: November 06, 2012, 17:29:04 »

Estimate time left is just a estimate. It can never be perfect because so many external factor affect how long it takes and .  Right now estimated time is calculated, based on how long time it has taken to copy the bytes up to that point, and how many bytes that is left.

But if you copy a lot of small file the harddrive will have a lot of overhead when it create and closes files. and also drive fragmentation and other program on the computer that also starts to access the drives will affect the performance.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Keeping the Original Date Created When Pasting

« on: November 04, 2012, 15:21:21 »

When you copy files using Paste (Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V) the copy operation is handled by Windows and not MultiCommander.

Copy files using the copy button/Copy menu option/copy shortcut or drag and drop and the copy operation is handled by MultiCommander and it should keep files dates. (unless you disabled that options )

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Support and Feedback / Re: Copying from Iso file

« on: November 01, 2012, 15:24:14 »

Sir, as an user I have some suggestions to make which I wish to, only because I love MC and have no intent to question your ability, or the design. Perhaps my suggestions are not applicable to all users but I wish to put them over and let you decide what is right to include what not.
Getting OK from you I shall post them.

All suggestions and feature requests are welcomed, I might not add all requests. But if users do not say what they would like to have added, there is little chance for it to be added.

Any suggestions and feature request can be posted on the suggestion forum. Or if you do not want to post public you can always send me a message private using'Send Feedback' from inside MC from the help menu or from the website

3649

Support and Feedback / Re: Copying from Iso file

« on: October 30, 2012, 15:36:17 »

Thanks.

Yes, MC is designed from the beginning too NOT lock the main UI and in most situation it works. This is somethings that must be designed from the beginning because it can be very hard to change that later on without major rewrites.

Also, If you start a new copy operation while you already have one running, you can choice to add it to the queue of the already running copy operation or start a new. Because if you start multiple copy operation that work against the same harddrive the performance can really suffer (unless you have SSD drives )

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Request/Suggestion: downloadable manual

« on: October 29, 2012, 13:49:29 »

That looks really good.
You used some tool for auto generating it or something ?