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Multi Commander => Support and Feedback => Topic started by: Nolly on June 03, 2016, 11:54:01

Title: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: Nolly on June 03, 2016, 11:54:01

The two settings "Lock Tab" and "Lock Tab - Allow subpath change" - what is the purpose of them?

I have a few sets of tabs I regulary use, and thought to try out the "Lock Tab" option. But I don't get how it works?

When I lock a tab, I expected it to stay the same when MC relaunches. But instead it just view the C:\ root path.
I allso expected that when I open a new folder in a locked tab - but allowing subpath change, it would create a new tab and jump to it, while the original tab stays the same.

What am I missing here?

Title: Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: Mathias (Author) on June 03, 2016, 11:59:53

The locking have nothing to do with reverting to c:
see http://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php/topic,1753.0.html

Lock tab make it not past that path. allow subpath change. also you do change to a subpath but not out of that top level that you locked at.

Title: Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: AlanJB on June 04, 2016, 10:51:12

Quote

I allso expected that when I open a new folder in a locked tab - but allowing subpath change, it would create a new tab and jump to it...

Nolly,

  to have the behaviour you want, set the tab to "Lock Tab" and under Configuration -> Explorer Panel Settings -> Tab section,
check "Open new tab when going to new location if tab is locked".

HTH

Alan

Title: Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: Nolly on June 06, 2016, 08:04:52

Thank you, both Mathias and AlanJB! MC just gets better and better ;) I tried to check out the Online Documentation before I asked here, but it had no content about the panel tabs, http://multicommander.com/docs/paneltabs

Title: Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: AlanJB on June 06, 2016, 09:58:34

There are some gaps in the documentation...

But keeping documentation (especially Help documentation) up-to-date is as much work as developing and maintaining the programs behind the application.

I have recently offered to help update it...

Title: Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
Post by: Mathias (Author) on June 06, 2016, 13:17:53

Quote from: Nolly on June 06, 2016, 08:04:52

Thank you, both Mathias and AlanJB! MC just gets better and better ;) I tried to check out the Online Documentation before I asked here, but it had no content about the panel tabs, http://multicommander.com/docs/paneltabs

Looks like I forgot that page. :)

But the lock things are not universal for all page..
There are some information for the Explorer panel here  http://multicommander.com/docs/ExplorerPanel