[Feature Request] change focus to panel on mouse over

[Lolita]

Can you add feauture to change focus to left or right panel when i move mouse over it?

[XPEHOPE3KA]

Support++! Would be awesome...

[van Dusen]

I didn't try it myself, but perhaps one of these mouse tools like "XMouse" will do the trick? If not, an AHK- or AutoIT-Script might help. Here is a solution with AutoIT:

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;====================================================================================================
;TCFocusPanelOnMouseOver.au3, van Dusen, 2006-05-17
;Script for AutoIT3 (http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/)
;====================================================================================================

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)
AutoItSetOption("MouseCoordMode", 2)

$classTC = "classname=TTOTAL_CMD"
$intCurrActivePanel = 0
$intLastActivePanel = 0

While 1
	
	WinWaitActive($classTC)
	$hwndTC = WinGetHandle($classTC)
	
	$arrTMyListBox1Pos = ControlGetPos($classTC, "", "TMyListBox1")
	$arrTMyListBox2Pos = ControlGetPos($classTC, "", "TMyListBox2")
	$arrMousePos = MouseGetPos()
	
	If $arrMousePos[0] >= $arrTMyListBox1Pos[0] _
	And $arrMousePos[0] <= $arrTMyListBox1Pos[0] + $arrTMyListBox1Pos[2] _
	And $arrMousePos[1] >= $arrTMyListBox1Pos[1] _
	And $arrMousePos[1] <= $arrTMyListBox1Pos[1] + $arrTMyListBox1Pos[3] Then
		
		;*** cm_FocusRight=4002;Focus on right file list
		$intCurrActivePanel = 4002
	
	ElseIf $arrMousePos[0] >= $arrTMyListBox2Pos[0] _
	And $arrMousePos[0] <= $arrTMyListBox2Pos[0] + $arrTMyListBox2Pos[2] _
	And $arrMousePos[1] >= $arrTMyListBox2Pos[1] _
	And $arrMousePos[1] <= $arrTMyListBox2Pos[1] + $arrTMyListBox2Pos[3] Then
	
		;*** cm_FocusLeft=4001;Focus on left file list
		$intCurrActivePanel = 4001
		
	EndIf
	
	If $intCurrActivePanel <> $intLastActivePanel Then
		DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SendMessage", "hwnd", $hwndTC, "int", 1075, "int", $intCurrActivePanel)
		$intLastActivePanel = $intCurrActivePanel
	EndIf
		
	Sleep(250)
	
WEnd

If you don't have AutoIT installed, you can try a compiled version of this script. You can download it from here:
TCFocusPanelOnMouseOver

[gbo]

Nice script, unfortunately drag and drop are not working with this script -> error : You cannot copy a file to itself.

[van Dusen]

Nice script, unfortunately drag and drop are not working with this script

Thanks for this warning (I didn't test the script ).
Unfortunately the script is of no earthly use without support of drag&drop... sorry

(EDIT: File deleted from RapidShare)

[icfu]

This is an AHK script with active drag&drop, please try and report:

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RegRead, DoubleClickSpeed, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Mouse, DoubleClickSpeed
If NOT DoubleClickSpeed
  DoubleClickSpeed = 500

SetTimer, FocusCheck, 10    ;adjust responsiveness in milliseconds
Return

FocusCheck:
WinWaitActive, ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD
ControlGetFocus, Focus
MouseGetPos, null, null, null, HoveredControl
If (InStr(HoveredControl, "TMyListBox") AND NOT (Focus="TMyPanel5" OR Focus="TMyPanel9" OR Focus="TInEdit.UnicodeClass1" OR GetKeyState("LButton", "P") OR GetKeyState("RButton", "P")))
  ControlFocus, %HoveredControl%
Return

#IfWinActive, ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD
~LButton::
Thread, NoTimers
Sleep, %DoubleClickSpeed%
Thread, NoTimers, false
Return

Edit: fixed problems reported by gbo and StickyNomad.

Icfu

[gbo]

So far, so good, AHK for ever!

Thanks

Double click is not always working as expected on my PC. Sometimes it needs more than dbl click especially when switched from one panel to the other and when clicking on [..] (go to parent folder)

[icfu]

Double click is not always working as expected on my PC. Sometimes it needs more than dbl click especially when switched from one panel to the other and when clicking on [..] (go to parent folder)

Recheck error corrected version above, should work perfectly or at least better now.

Icfu

[StickyNomad]

2icfu

should work perfectly or at least better now.

Good work! Well, after a quick test it seems the latter one is true

When slowly moving the mouse from one panel straight up to e.g. the buttonbar, the focus isn't updated correctly anymore when hovering back again over the panels. After clicking somewhere in a panel, everything behaves normal again.

This Could also be Mousedriver- or whatever-related and is no fixing request, just a hint

[icfu]

Fixed again...

Icfu

[StickyNomad]

That was fast! Seems to work fine now, thanks.

[icfu]

Please do the following check, the script seems to have a problem I have already reported in the AHK forum:
1. Start inline renaming an arbitrary file
2. While renaming hover the rename box.

Do you get an error popup?

Error: This variable or function name contains an illegal character. The current thread will exit.

Specifically: TInEdit.UnicodeClass1
blabla...

Icfu

[StickyNomad]

2icfu

Confirmed, but does not happen always...

[icfu]

I have found the problem and fixed it finally, retry please.

Icfu

[StickyNomad]

2icfu

Did a quick check and it seems to work like a charm now, thanks.