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Support and Feedback / Re: [BUG] Find Files DialogBox Bottom UI Cropped Out/Missing Elements (Text/Buttons)

« on: October 20, 2025, 11:01:33 »

OMG.. it that what WindowBlinds does to the UI. So hard to view..

I can see if I can change the sizes.. But only if it does not mess up the normal view..

Alright that would be splendid, thanks ! Yeah if it can fit in it, it would be great —after ensuring it doesn't break the normal view of course… Yeah WindowBlinds does modify the UI, but I made the font bigger in it, also it re-colors the controls (but I don't have any issues /w that —it's so hard to find a dark skin that is visible properly !) Thanks again Mathias —you're the best !

P.S: You only need to change the size of the "File Matching" Tab just below "Search in Binary Files" everything else is just fine !

P.P.S: I noticed the scaling overflow bug is only in the "Find Files" "advanced" panel, the Basic panel is shown perfectly !

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Support and Feedback / [BUG] Find Files DialogBox Bottom UI Cropped Out/Missing Elements (Text/Buttons)

« on: October 19, 2025, 06:54:48 »

In my Find Files F3 Dialog I cannot see some text & buttons are hidden out of view (the UI element are overflowing the window panel.) Could you please fix this critical Overflow bug so I can use Find Files? I think it's because I use the "Fixedsys Excelsior 3.01 NoLiga" font which is a large font (in my WindowBlinds (theme skinning app)) (as you can see in the Tabbed Controls in the Dialog Box) —so can you make the GroupBox control housing the controls larger and fit the contents? The rest of the Tabs are Okay and displays within its bounds/ region. Please I use Find Files a lot when perusing my USB Drives, I would like to be able to see what I'm doing, so if you could please rollout a fix (make it use the standard font in the Tabs or make the GroupBox control fit into the area)… Here's a screenshot to better illustrate the problem:

P.S: I had an issue with Task Manager's text contents being too small due to my WindowBlinds skin, so I made it use "Fixedsys Excelsior 3.01 NoLiga" font for Titlebar and all text, making it significantly larger but more readable. Perhaps that's why the controls in the content area are overflowing !

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / [RESOLVED] Custom Command To Reset Columns to Default?

« on: October 17, 2025, 18:27:12 »

I need a way to Restore Columns Layout to Default in MultiCommander (perhaps with a Script or Custom Command perhaps?) This would be handy since I can bind it to a UDC hotkey as there's no Lock Layout option at present. This would be very useful for me!
P.S: Oh wow I used the "Customize Columns…" to set it to Auto-Load on "C:\" and "D:\" Paths and Subdirectories —it's working brilliantly now !!! 
It's all here, hope it helps ! http://multicommander.com/Docs/ExplorerPanel-CustomizeColumnLayouts

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 11:20:49 »

I don't understand how it can fail for you. Is the other color profiles not even shown in the dropdown menu on the toolbar ?

The other Color Profiles are indeed listed in the dropdown menu in Color Profile Editor, however they don't stay/ retain as the chosen item or trigger. The listed item just reverts to "[Default]" everytime I re-open the Color Profile Editor (they don't get deleted or anything if that's what you mean.).

Also remember when I said the "Name Ext Size Date" Column bar changes size, it's happening a lot lately, wish there was a way to Lock it !

No not "dropdown menu in Color Profile Editor," The dropdown.. when you click on the colorwheel icon on the main toolbar.. where you select what color rule to activate..

Dont remember the column issue.. But I have not seen any issue with column.. for me they are always the same.. and never changes. I have auto-fit column to view width active and then I just set the sizes of the column and save that. then only the name column will expand or shrink depending on how large the window is. the other will use the set width

Oh the Color Wheel icon —so that's how you activate it !! It's working perfectly now, thank you so much, Mathias !! I've been away for a while & been a little rusty ! 🎉👍

As for the "Name/ Ext/ Size/ Date" column bar, it's still wonky, I don't have mine on "AutoResize Columns" —welp I just resize it to default Saved Layout.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 10:19:43 »

I don't understand how it can fail for you. Is the other color profiles not even shown in the dropdown menu on the toolbar ?

The other Color Profiles are indeed listed in the dropdown menu in Color Profile Editor, however they don't stay/ retain as the chosen item or trigger. The listed item just reverts to "[Default]" everytime I re-open the Color Profile Editor (they don't get deleted or anything if that's what you mean.).

Also remember when I said the "Name Ext Size Date" Column bar changes size, it's happening a lot lately, wish there was a way to Lock it !

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 09:05:36 »

There is a Save button to save a changes to a rule.

So you do the change... close dialog.  and if you changed the currently active profile the change should be active directly else you need to switch to that color profile you edited in the dropdown list that is shown when pressing the color icon button.

Still unresolved, but I'll just use the "[Default]" Color Profile & make backups of it. Perhaps it's a bug or a problem on my end. Thank you for your time !

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 08:46:54 »

If [Default] is shown as selected when dialog is opened then that profile is selected or no profile is selected.
If a color profile is active. then that profile should be shown when going into the color editor. But you can swich to another profile if you want to edit that.

Then just select the color profile you want to use from the dropdown in the toolbar to switch to use that profile

I think the issue here is there's no "Apply" or "Save & Close" button in my Color Profile Editor to update the Color Profile to another one. I only get a Close button then it's still "[Default]" that's enabled.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 08:36:46 »

No all of them are shown in the dropdown list

Yes they are all shown, but only "[Default]" is the main picked one, and the others aren't being triggered even though I have them (there's no way to pick one as the main !) Only the "[Default]" Color Profile is ever executed, I can't get "Dark Mode" Color Profile to activate whatsoever !

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 08:34:22 »

I can't reproduce any issue.. strange.

"reverts to "[Default]" whenever I open Color Profile Editor"
Yes when you open the dialog it will show "[Default]" first. but all of them should be listed there. it is just an editor. does not mean that is the current one

Oh so everytime you open Color Profile Editor, only "[Default]" gets shown as populated ? But then my other Color Profiles don't get activated ?! I tried selecting my "Dark Mode" Color Profile but when I close the box, it shows "[Default]" as the main Last Used again everytime ! It's in the List but not populated as the chosen one.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 08:10:38 »

That should work with just copy the file back to the Config/ColorRules folder and then restart MC

It work when I test it.
You might have to reselect the color profile again when MC is loaded the first time after it was copied back.

Did you restore to the correct folder? make sure it is to MC config folder under the userprofile and not install folder

I have the Portable MC so it goes into the MC app folder. Also I have it copied correctly in the ColorRules folder as "ColorRules_Dark Mode.xml" it appears in Color Profile Editor but just not populated as the Last Used item. It's not restoring the Last Used Color Profile whatsoever ! There is also a "ColorRules.xml" file in the Config folder as well, outside of the ColorRules Folder, that is being used as Default… I did mention terminating the MC process thinking I could prevent the deletion of that Color Profile… Also I have a "Dark Mode" Color Profile but it gets reverted to "[Default]" Color Profile everytime I open the Color Profile Editor !
P.S: O.K. so I have another MultiCommander portable fresh copy & that also reverts to "[Default]" whenever I open Color Profile Editor ! So it wasn't a problem with the termination of MC process after the accidental deletion of "Dark Mode" Color Profile. Looks like it's a bug —not a problem on my end.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 07:47:18 »

The Default is special. it is not in the ColorRules subfolder. it is one step up. But it 'can' be overwritten in updates, but most likely will not. But why not just save as own profile name ?
MC will use the last used one.

It's not using the Last Used one, I accidetnally deleted a Color Profile called "Dark Mode" & then killed the MC Process in Task Man (Actually System Informer (my Task Man)) & now it won't load the Last Used Color Profile !
P.S: It was working before I accidentally deleted the "Dark Mode" Color Profile, mistakenly thinking I was deleting a Rule !
Is there a button next to "Close" in the Color Profile Editor, 'cause all I see is Close & the Save and stuff on top, not an Apply button.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 07:18:50 »

The Default are the default for MC and they can be overwritten in updates.

MC will use the color profile that was last used next time MC starts
You can change the name by editing the the .xml file for the profile

MC will load all profile in that folder. Maybe you had edited the file and it was mallformened. so it should not read it ?

Malformed H'mm… I just renamed after duplicating my "[Default]" Color Profile to "DarkMode" (put "ColorRules_DarkMode.xml" into the "ColorRules" folder) & it still doesn't get set as the Default, I did that since you said the "[Default]" can get overwritten in updates. So where in the XML Settings is the default Color Profile set ? Perhaps I can change that so "DarkMode" is loaded as Default.
P.S: Oh that's right, when I acciddentally deleted my Color Profile I used Task Manager to kill the MC process hoping the delete would be registered, but it was deleted. Perhaps it got corrupted or something because of that ?
P.P.S: Also there's a "ColorRules.tpl" file in the Config folder, wonder what that does ? Also perhaps there should be a "Set As Default" button in the top in Color Profiles Editor ? And there is only a Close button for me, the Save only updates the individual Rules…

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Support and Feedback / Re: How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 06:46:12 »

Most config files are read at startup. Have you restarted it after replacing it ?

Adding files to C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\MultiCommander\Config\ColorRules\
and then reboot.. and they should be shown.

Nevermind I'am using "[Default]" as my Color Profile now, it's working, luckily I didn't delete my "Filters" XML or it would've been a nightmare recovering from that loss (I have successfully restored all my Color Rules at this point !) My issue was that "[Default]" was always populated in the Color Profile Editor, even when I was working on the "Dark Mode" Profile: so are all Color Profiles applied ?

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Support and Feedback / [RESOLVED] How Do I Make A Color Profile Default ?

« on: October 08, 2025, 06:21:46 »

In my MultiCommander I accidentally deleted my Color Profile named "Dark Mode" I have it in my backup but everytime I open Color Rules Editor dialog in MC it only shows "Default", before it was set to "Dark Mode" as default correctly. My question is how do I set a certain Color Profile as Default? Also I think there's a glitch. I cannot restore my "Dark Mode" Color Profile into Color Rules folder, it doesn't get set to Default !

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Support and Feedback / Re: Is There A Hotkey To Assign To Open "Manage Aliases Editor" Dialog Box ?

« on: October 07, 2025, 15:04:31 »

Don't think 50178 is correct. anyway..

Create a UserDefinedCommand  of type : Internal Command

and select "MultiCommaner (base)" as module
and "Manage aliases" as command

Oh wow, that works like a charm !! —Thank you so much !! Dunno how I missed that…

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Support and Feedback / [RESOLVED] Is There A Hotkey To Assign To Open "Manage AliasesEditor" DialogBox?

« on: October 07, 2025, 12:28:28 »

I'm looking to assign a custom hotkey (e.g., Ctrl+Shift+A) to open the Manage Aliases dialog directly via scripting or a user-defined command. This dialog is heavily used, but I couldn't find an option to bind it in Keyboard Customization.

I've attempted to invoke it using various scripting methods such as:

• MC.OpenAliasManager()
• Core.Config("ManageAliases")
• MC.RunCmd(50178) (where 50178 is the menu command ID for the Alias Manager)

However, none of these approaches successfully open the dialog via a hotkey. Is there a reliable way to trigger the Alias Editor through a hotkey or scripting command?

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 24, 2025, 04:32:29 »

Well I cant replicate that. But if you find a situation when it changes the size by it self let me know and I can take a look.

Alright, will do !

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Support and Feedback / Re: Force Rename via Keyboard Bypasses Read-Only Confirmation and Renames File

« on: June 23, 2025, 15:48:13 »

Ahh that settings. forgot that it exists.. Ok I will check it out.

Thanks, just a minor glitch though, nothing too important.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 23, 2025, 15:45:50 »

Problem is that a lock would only prevent user from changing them. If MC do it in some situation that would not be prevented by a lock.
So the question is really.  In what situation does MC changes the size when it should not. ? Because that is probably a bug. Since MC should not resize if AutoSize is turned off.

Valid. Yeah I never drag the columns, but somehow MC always changes them when navigating to and fro tabs. Perhaps it's a bug I'am not 100% certain.

Not sure about size, but sort order is often changed after search

Yeah I have to routinely set them back to Default.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Force Rename via Keyboard Bypasses Read-Only Confirmation and Renames File

« on: June 21, 2025, 12:52:24 »

I can confirm this in builds 3017 and 3102.

But ONLY if navigation to 'No' is done with arrow keys.  Using TAB, the 'No' is honored.

TY ! That's odd tho, when I used Arrow Keys plus hit Spacebar, it works normally, only Enter key breaks the functionality. I never thought of checking the logic /w the Tab key though ! There's some weird behavior there, when I first tried using Tab to navigate the Menu & hit Enter\ Spacebar, it totally broke the Confirmation Box (overrided it even in later consecutive rename attempts) !

I'am using 3102 Beta too !

Pressing Enter should execute selected option by Arrow Keys/ Tab Key, not fallthrough to an unknown or default choice.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 21, 2025, 11:57:16 »

I would like to clarify my suggestion: I would ideally like an option on right-click menu of the Columns to Lock them into Place, preventing User or MC from resizing/ dragging/ modifying their sizes ! MC keeps randomly squashing the Columns together & I have to Restore them using Defaults everytime ! See attached screenshot please ! This would help me a lot.

P.S: Then again I can understand if this cannot be implemented as "My Pictures", "Music" folder etc. uses different Columns than the default folders, so it's alright I'll let it rest for now…

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Support and Feedback / Re: Force Rename via Keyboard Bypasses Read-Only Confirmation and Renames File

« on: June 21, 2025, 11:11:22 »

I can't replicate that. I don't even get a confirm dialog.

* I Set file attribute to ReadOnly,
* Enter inline rename of file
* Change the name
* press return to confirm filename
* It gets renamed and no dialog is shown

I don't get any confirm dialog or anything. Not even Windows Explorer show anything when renaming file with ReadOnly attributre.. ReadOnly attribute does not prevent renaming so not sure why it is showing a dialog for you.

What do you do to trigger it?

In Configuration > Core Settings, under Filesystem tab, ensure "Ask for Confirmation before... Rename read-only files" is checked. Now for the fun part: I made a PDF Read-Only Attribute (Alt+Enter > Properties > Check Read-Only), then I pressed F2 on the File, entered the text (Dupl) in front of the filename (can be any textual rename modification on any filetype), & when I hit Enter I get a Force Rename Confirmation Dialog. Prompting me /w "Yes - Rename The Filename", or "No - Do Not Rename The Filename", I pressed Down ArrowKey & hit Enter (selecting "No - Do Not Rename The Filename", yet it still overrides the selected option & Renames the file (only happens when you navigate the Confirmation Dialog Box using keyboard, works normally when you select via mouse.)

P.S: It only happens when you select via Enter key, however when pressing Spacebar it functions as expected ! It's just a small bug but worth fixing, for the keyboard handicapped.

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Support and Feedback / Force Rename via Keyboard Bypasses Read-Only Confirmation and Renames File

« on: June 20, 2025, 13:00:32 »

Bug Description:
When attempting to rename a read-only file, the system prompts for confirmation with an option to force rename. If the user navigates to "No, Do Not Rename" using the Down Arrow key and confirms with Enter, the file still gets renamed instead of cancelling the operation. This indicates that the confirmation dialog's response is not being correctly processed, allowing a force rename to proceed even when "No" is selected.

Notes:

• The bug persists across multiple versions/releases.
• Expected behavior is that selecting "No" should cancel the rename operation.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 10, 2025, 13:49:56 »

So if Auto Size columns is off then the column sizes are fixed and do not auto resize..  They are locked.
So than I don't understand what you want to toggle.

Oh I see.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 09, 2025, 18:44:15 »

So if you turn off "AutoFit columns to view width" in Explorer Panel Settings. Then resize the column and select "Save current layout as default"
Then columns will not auto size. and if they do not fit in view you get a scroll bar

Yeah I don't use Auto-Size Columns, I have a custom setup.