What I suggest is to have a special panel (not connected with TC, but like it is done in FlashGet, but with buttons) with three buttons:
I). Example of searchg for a file with text:
1 button: stop scanning current file;
2 button: stop scanning files in current directory;
3 button: stop the whole search;
II). Example of searchg for a file with text, search in archives enabled:
1 button: stop scanning current file;
2 button: if the current file was extracted from an archive (or a file is extracting now), then this archive should not be proceeded (stop extraction, if possible, and stop searching for text inside files from that archive), but if we are not in an archive, we should skip current directory (as above);
3 button: stop the whole search;
III). In MRT (we can use several plugin's fields in the filename):
1 button: stop evaluating current field for current file (don't know if this can be done with the current API. I guess it can be, because TC stops evaluating fields in custon column view for those file system entries which are not visible);
2 button: stop evaluating all the fields, used for current file to be renamed;
3 button: as usual - stop evaluating anything;
IV). Same as III), but in custom columns view;
V). Same as III), but for the tips (from wdx-plugins);
VI). Copying/Moving/in some cases, adding to an archive:
1 button: stops processing currently copied (or anything) file. If we were copying, then (AFAIK) copying can be interrupted immediately, & the copied part can be deleted in a separate thread. If we were moving, then ... you got it. Etc.;
2 button: stops processing current folder;
3 button: you got the idea.
How I see it:
the panel should exist for all launched TC copies, so it should have corresponding caption;
if a user will evaluate something in custom columns view & at the same time a tooltip should be evaluated either, then show buttons for the custom columns view;
button shouldn't be just 1,2,3
. They should change their captions according to what is happening in the corresponding TC instance. E.g. for III) it will look like:1 = "Field"
2 = "File"
3 = "All files"
So, this panel & TC should interact in both directions.
Don't know if such a request can be solved easyly, but I want to know what other forumers think about this. Maybe it will worth trying for Christian to implement it for TC7.5 or any...
