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Support and Feedback / Re: Filtering on Empty Folders

« on: January 22, 2014, 07:36:19 »

You can click on calculcate folder size (shift+alt+return) and it will show the size of the folder.

File Coloring can not detect if a folder is empty since that require scanning of the folder structure, and not a property of the file/folder.
But if the empty folders always are the same you can edit the file coloring rules and create a rule for "Possible Empty Folder" and match those folders by name.

And you can also add the folders by name to the ViewFilter so they are filtered out and not shown at all.

2927

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Main Top Menu Font Change

« on: January 21, 2014, 17:50:28 »

If you now run at a super high resolution. Then don't you want the menu to be bigger in ALL programs and not just MC ?
MC is using the font size Windows has set for menus. And that size can be configured in the Windows Settings.
Changing it in windows settings all programs that are showing menu will have a bigger one.

No, most of my programs that I use every day have fonts that can be set, just as many fonts can be set in MC. I've already set the font global size to 135% in Windows - if that's what you're talking about. I don't think that I can crank that up any more without having a negative impact on other programs.

No, Im not talking about the DPI settings. (However, MC will also use that) But you can also change the base font size for all of the UI elements there.
Like MenuBar, Windows boarder, Title bar and so on.  (See the  replay from Jungle)
And if you change the font for MenuBar there all programs will now use that font size. (Unless it is a program that do not use the standard menubar component that Windows provide)

I do not think it is a good idea to override the standard way to change the MenuBar font, I think MC should use the font defined for the MenuBar in Windows, Because if you want larger menubar then you want it in all programs. And then you should do the change in windows.

Here is where you change it in Windows 8/8.1

2928

Support and Feedback / Re: Deleting temp files gives weird message

« on: January 20, 2014, 10:16:37 »

Strange. Works for me when I tries it
If it happens again look in the file operations log (Ctrl+L) There is usually more information about that went wrong there.

The "Requesting Restarting..." is the background work for getting icons that flipped out.  Sound like a thread sync issue.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Main Top Menu Font Change

« on: January 20, 2014, 09:30:38 »

If you now run at a super high resolution. Then don't you want the menu to be bigger in ALL programs and not just MC ?
MC is using the font size Windows has set for menus. And that size can be configured in the Windows Settings.
Changing it in windows settings all programs that are showing menu will have a bigger one.

2930

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: a button to toggle vertical/horizontal layout somewhere

« on: January 17, 2014, 18:01:53 »

You can assign a hotkey to that command and/or you can create a UserDefinedCommand that call that internal command and then put that command on the quick launch bar.
or you can add it to a button on the button panel, and you can assign a alias for the UserDefinedCommand so you just type something in the command line field that will trigger it.

2931

Support and Feedback / Re: MC doesn't update drives in minimized to tray state

« on: January 15, 2014, 07:54:52 »

Yes I know..
Problem is that MC depends on Windows to notify MC when devices are inserted/removed. But when MC is minimize to tray there is no active window that Windows can send that message to. 
you can type ":rdrive" in the commandline bar to refresh drives.

2932

SDK / Multi Commmander SDK v1.48 (Beta)

« on: January 14, 2014, 18:03:59 »

With the SDK you can create Extensions/Plugins for Multi Commander.
(This SDK require atleast MultiCommander build 1700 )

There are samples included for Tools Extension, Extending MultiScript, FileSystem Plugin (Stream mode) and FileSystem plugin (Internal mode)

However there is no documentation, (Sorry It takes to much time to write and I do not have that time right now)
but the SDK header files and Samples are well commented. If you have any questions then post them here in the forum or send a mail to me directly for you prefer that, I and will try to answer them.

Requirements
You will need to have knowledge of C++ to use the SDK. The included samples needs at least Visual Studio 2012 with Update 1.
(Visual Studio Express Desktop Edition)

SDK Download
Download SDK ( v1.48 ) ( 340KB )

If you have any Question, Suggestion , Tips, Bugs for the SDK leave a new post here in the SDK part of the forum.

2933

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: select and copy the Patch field

« on: January 13, 2014, 12:47:10 »

You need to right click on the "Copy path name to the clipboard" icon for more copy to clipboard options..

Or use any of the other listed options to copy the path.

2934

Support and Feedback / Re: Minor issues

« on: January 13, 2014, 12:39:04 »

Ah so you have tray on even is MC is visible. well when clicking it will restore it. So that is why it happens..

2935

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: select and copy the Patch field

« on: January 13, 2014, 12:13:07 »

Sometimes is necessary select and copy the path of location the specified  file.

Is possible include the action "select and copy the path field" in the program

Thanks

Copy current path to the clipboard ?

It is there
Ctrl+Alt+P
or Menu > Tools > To Clipboard > File/Folder Path
or Click /Right Click on the [\] icon on the toolbar.
Ctrl+E , Ctrl+C

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Support and Feedback / Re: Minor issues

« on: January 13, 2014, 10:24:49 »

Hi!
Finally we see v4.
That's what I see here from first look:

• Single click on the tray icon always show the window in its last size before minimize. So if I minimize the window not in full screen size, then show the window by pressing the tray icon, then maximize it and then press the tray icon again, the window will restore to not full screen. As I feel, it should just show me the window, not change its size.
• Single click tray icon only shows the window. maybe it should also hide it if the window is on top and active? Maybe an option?
• File -> Exit shows a confirmation dialog while context menu item on the tray icon "Close MC" will just close. Would be great to have an option to disable that confirmation to use user defined hotkey for exitting. Moreover, why doesn't that confirmation close on Esc?
• A typo in russian language.

Thank you for all you do, I see many things become better.

1. Click on tray icon restore MC, just as if yo should do right click and select open, or dbl click on it.
2a. That is because the action on the tray is harder to do accidentally. No option for it. But maybe a shutdown custom command that can be used instead.
2b. ESC, Don't know. never notice that.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Filter activate/disable button

« on: January 13, 2014, 10:19:29 »

Hi Mathias,

Just upgraded to v4.0 and I've seen the 'Show view filters' button, thanks for that, it is useful just as it is.
I've also seen that in the change log you mention "View Filters can be customized" as an added feature. How can it be customized exactly?
Can I set it, for example, when I press the "Show View Filter" button not to reset the filter input content to *.* , but just show the files accordingly to *.* filter and signal somewhere (near the filter input field or button) that the filter in the input filter is not active right now ?  If not, could it be considered as a future feature request ?
In other words, what I mean is a toggle functionality for this new button.
Thanks

You can customize some of the filters in the list by selecting the "Customize..." option.
No you cannot change the click action of the button.. Click will reset the filter.

2938

Support and Feedback / Re: Special folders

« on: January 11, 2014, 09:40:06 »

Strange.
MC is asking Windows for the location of those paths and MC then go to where Windows said there are.
Don't know why it does not work when changing location. It is Windows that handled it.

2939

Support and Feedback / Re: Special folders

« on: January 10, 2014, 07:43:36 »

That is because you have not change the Special Folders for Documents/Pictures/Movies and so on. You have modified the Libraries for Documents and Pictures and so on. (two different but similar things)

Libraries are not real folders, they are virtual folders that show the aggregated results of 1 or more folders.
It is a concept that the Windows Shell has on top of the filesystem and it is not part of the real filesystem on the disk.
And since MC have had as a rule to always show the truth of how the filesystem look like, it can not be shown since the there is no real path it.
Libraries might be support by a separate plugin in the future.

2940

Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander v3.9.9 BETA

« on: January 03, 2014, 13:21:18 »

Wow. With that many customization enhancements, perhaps it should be Multi-Commander 5.0 ;-)

Not until next year..

the 4 in v4.0 really means 2014

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Beta Releases / Re: Crash on multiple copy ops

« on: January 03, 2014, 13:20:15 »

I was not able to recreate it, But how queuing works will be reworked for the next version after v4.0 So I will have an extra look at it then.

2942

Support and Feedback / Re: mouse pointer

« on: December 29, 2013, 14:09:55 »

This can happen if two processes is trying to control the mouse pointer at the same time. If some process want the mouse pointer to be a donut one want it to be a pointer. Normally the program in focus/hover decides/control the pointer, but programs that hook them self into Windows can sometimes control the pointer even if another program should be in control.

I have never seen this my self and never been able to recreate it, So it is impossible for me to say why this happening and what process collides with MC.

2943

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Toolbar customization

« on: December 24, 2013, 14:52:23 »

It is possible to add custom command to the Quick Launch Bar.. and you can create custom commands that call internal commands.

Customizing the standard toolbar like that is not possible and will probably not be possible in the near future because of technical reasons.
(Just because some other filemanager has something does not mean that MC must have it )

2944

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Single pane startup

« on: December 22, 2013, 21:58:01 »

No, That will not be supported.

If you use MC in a single panel setup you are using it wrong, And you may accidentally do something on files that are in the "hidden" panel. because it still exists.
MC is designed to be used in a dual panel setup. Where the focus panel is the default target location and the opposite panel is the default target location.
MC is not designed to be used in single panel mode. Running with only a single panel a lot of features will unusable, and minimizing one panel to zero size only hides it. It is still there and can be used without you seeing what you are doing and that can be very dangerous.. 

2945

Beta Releases / Re: Icon offset for custom toolbar button

« on: December 22, 2013, 21:54:56 »

If you add a custom toolbar button with it's own icon from another icon-dll and you only want to change the tooltip,
the icon offset is always set to 0 (not the offset entered before)!. So if you press save, the icon is always changed to the first icon in the dll.
It would be nice, if the correct offset is displayed when editing the custom button.

I will look into that

Also is it possible to add standard buttons (e.g. commands from the file command toolbar) to the quicklaunch bar without defining new custom commands?

No.

2946

Beta Releases / Re: [3.9.9] TabColors

« on: December 22, 2013, 13:05:27 »

It should be the same name as you see in the registry. Try that.

And no, the values in the registry are not included in the backup since they are not settings, They are only there to remember current/last state.

2947

Beta Releases / Re: [3.9.9] TabColors

« on: December 22, 2013, 11:18:00 »

Could it be related to the tabbed_startup.INI that I'm using?

Yes.. loading tab settings from file will override the settings in the registry.

Mystery solved (?)
So can I add color commands etc to the ini or is there some other work-around?
Maybe I can add all tab settings to the REG & forget the ini, or will that be over-ridden by last tab state?
(Maybe  can work with that tho.)

Since INI file are used override last state settings, So you always get the same settings on startup no matter what you done before you close.
And since customized tab color/name for a specific tab is a settings that belong to just that tab.. you need to insert that setting also in the ini file.

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Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.9.9 Release Candidate - Build 1600

« on: December 21, 2013, 16:25:06 »

Release v3.9.9 RC (Build 1600)

   430+ Changes and some of them are...

-- Build 1600
 FIXED - Some places did not use existing MultiLanguge texts
 FIXED - Some missing text are now using MultiLanguage texts.
 FIXED - Default Tab color settings in CoreSettings did not use MultiLanguage texts.
 FIXED - Icons cache will be cleared and all views will be refresh if icons are changed in FileTypeSetup
 FIXED - TabIcon was not shown if a forced tab name was set.


** Release Candidate - No more language changes will be added **
(If missing text are found they will not be fixed for this release.)


Change Log for Build 1598

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Beta Releases / Re: [3.9.9] TabColors

« on: December 21, 2013, 16:19:01 »

Could it be related to the tabbed_startup.INI that I'm using?

Yes.. loading tab settings from file will override the settings in the registry.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Double lines in panel

« on: December 21, 2013, 13:11:38 »

It is a Thread vs cache invalidation issue that can happen. It is just a presentation error. you do not actual have double files..
Problem is that it is not easily recreated, and therefor not easy to fix.
Just refresh and it fixes it self.

Also test the Beta some parts of the internal cache has been rewritten. It might have fixed the problem.