+1 voteI-Vladimir wrote: ↑2018-02-20, 20:05 UTC Take my vote to get that option added. Any indication (color or an asterisk at the end of tab name) would be also great.
If drag & drop is an issue, I think it can be deactivated when the root tab folder changed.
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Was searching for this feature...
+1 to get that option added!!
BTW something similar happens if a Show Tree view, when i change tab and return the tree is still there, isn't this same problem of expecting tab's name path??
+1 to get that option added!!
BTW something similar happens if a Show Tree view, when i change tab and return the tree is still there, isn't this same problem of expecting tab's name path??
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
It seems, a new Total Commander 10 option, "Configuration"->"Folder Tabs"->""Return to locked tab root directory on tab change", if disabled, allows to achieve what is requested in this topic. Thanks for implementing this! I will test how it works now.
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
Yes, please test it extensively! I have had it enabled for the last few months, but I may have missed some problems.
Total Commander shows an "!" before the "*" when the current path differs from the locked path, so you can see that there is a difference even for currently inactive tabs.
Total Commander shows an "!" before the "*" when the current path differs from the locked path, so you can see that there is a difference even for currently inactive tabs.
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So far feature seems to work fine.
I think the nice addition to it would be if to show also the root (locked) tab path in tooltips for tabs with "Locked, but directory changes allowed" option active. For such backgound tabs then it the toolips could have 2 lines (current and locked paths). Example possible tooltip look:
For active locked tabs with directory changes allowed Total Commander currently doesn't show the tooltip with current path, so for such tabs TC can either show only locked path if it's different from current one, or it can also start showing the current path too, which duplicates the value of Current directory bar (which can be hidden with cm_VisCurDir, so in the tooltip this information can be valuable too).
I think the nice addition to it would be if to show also the root (locked) tab path in tooltips for tabs with "Locked, but directory changes allowed" option active. For such backgound tabs then it the toolips could have 2 lines (current and locked paths). Example possible tooltip look:
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c:\current\path\
Tab Root: c:\locked\path\
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
That's a really nice idea, I will try to add it.
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Thanks for adding this! Still, since it's possible that the directory name in both locked and current path could be the same (with different only the path itself), it's woth to add the "Tab root:" prefix for the locked path which is a second line in the tooltip. And I still think such tooltips will be helpful for active tabs of active and inactive panels too.history1000.txt wrote:17.03.21 Added: Folder tabs: For locked tabs with directory changes allowed, show both the current directory and the locked directory if they are different (32/64)
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
I tried this, but it didn't look good:
1. "Tab root:" in front of the path makes the two paths misaligned, otherwise they would be e.g.
c:\locked path\subdir
c:\locked path
which looks much better.
2. "Tab root:" on a second line also doesn't look good, e.g.
c:\locked path\subdir
Tab root:
c:\locked path
1. "Tab root:" in front of the path makes the two paths misaligned, otherwise they would be e.g.
c:\locked path\subdir
c:\locked path
which looks much better.
2. "Tab root:" on a second line also doesn't look good, e.g.
c:\locked path\subdir
Tab root:
c:\locked path
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
How about just putting the exclamation mark in front of the one of paths (I guess current one, not locked):ghisler(Author) wrote: ↑2021-03-22, 15:21 UTC "Tab root:" in front of the path makes the two paths misaligned [...] "Tab root:" on a second line also doesn't look good
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
This change is not implemented in beta 3. It is not good enough? Is a little misaligning a bif deal?
This suggestion is also not implemented. I think the tooltips with both paths are helpful even for tabs of active panels, especially if the name of folder of current path is the same as a name of locked folder. Tooltip will show the actual path of locked folder.
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
It causes misalignment too, which looks very bad when the current directory is a child of the locked directory.
I have considered it, but TC already shows the current directory in a separate control. It would only be useful when there is a different locked tab.And I still think such tooltips will be helpful for active tabs of active and inactive panels too.
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Re: "Locked, but directory changes allowed" alternative behaviour
I'm not sure that it's very different in the tooltip of the tab, but I created a following comment:ghisler(Author) wrote: ↑2021-03-29, 13:58 UTCIt causes misalignment too, which looks very bad when the current directory is a child of the locked directory.
and in the tooltip little misalignment doesn't look very bed, at least to me..,!c:\locked\path\child\
c:\locked_path\
1. As I mentioned above, "current directory" control can be hidden (e.g. to save the screen space for file list), so the path in the tab tooltip could be an additional sorce of info about current directory path.ghisler(Author) wrote: ↑2021-03-29, 13:58 UTCI have considered it, but TC already shows the current directory in a separate control. It would only be useful when there is a different locked tab.
2. Even when "current directory" control is not hidden, the tooltip which shows current and locked path I find still helpful e.g. for a case when both locked and current dir have the same name.
3. The "current directory" control only shows the current directory, and when it's not locked one, tooltip would provide the info where Ctrl+\ would switch the user.
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