REQ: Add "select item" to context menu

[harlekin]

I am using the android aversion of Total commander on my Fire TV - where my primary mode of navigating is using its remote or a controller.

Total Commander is completely usable on the device except for one very unnerving thing. I cant mark any item or folder - because this is only a touch action within the program. I can use a mouse emulator on my Android phone to work around it, but it is tedious. A simple action item in the context menu "select/unselect item" would solve all of this.

So could you, please - add one?

Thank you so much -

h.

[ghisler(Author)]

OK, I will check that - I will need to find a way to detect the fire TV and Android TV, though.

Currently you can select files with the space bar if you use a keyboard, but the fire TV remote doesn't have that key.

I think it would be best to have option "ENTER=Select" to select multiple files. Then you could press the center button multiple times to select files, and then long press to go back to the context menu.

[harlekin]

Thank you very much for considering the implementation. A menu item probably would almost suffice though - as you normally dont do very "select intensive" tasks on those devices. Its just that f.e.to unzip a file, you need to have it selected first.

Although a more thoughtful implementation sure would be great.

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, if you would want to select e.g. 100 files, it would be a pain to open the context menu 100 times.

Unfortunately Amazon does not ship Fire TV or Fire TV stick to Switzerland, so I cannot test this. Would you be willing to test a beta version for me?