TC 9.5b1 - Explorer Preview cannot be loaded from command line

[petermad]

I had expected that Lister could be opened with the new Explorer Preview with this command line:

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totalcmd.exe /S=L:T8 <filename>

Is this intentional, or is the parameter /S=L:T8 going to be supported?

[ghisler(Author)]

Added to beta 2, thanks!

[petermad]

Tanks - the /S=L:T8 parameter now works - but there is a new problem:

If I open image files like .jpg or .png files from commandline with the /S=L:T8 parameter - then if I click Options the menu item "8 Explorer Preview" is selected.

But if i load an .htm or a .txt file then none of the 8 viewer options are shown. See: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/lister8.png

BTW - would it be possible with some hint in the Title bar, when the Explorer Preview is active?

[ghisler(Author)]

But if i load an .htm or a .txt file then none of the 8 viewer options are shown.

Confirmed, thanks. I will also add <Explorer> to the title bar.

[petermad]

But if i load an .htm or a .txt file then none of the 8 viewer options are shown.

Confirmed fixed in TC 9.5b3

would it be possible with some hint in the Title bar, when the Explorer Preview is active

Partly fixed in TC 9.5b3 - <Explorer> is shown in the title for file types like .htm and .txt, and videos like .mp4 and .wmv, but not for images like .png and .jpg

[ghisler(Author)]

Images are not loaded via <Explorer> method (IPreviewHandler), they are loaded via IThumbnailProvider and then displayed internally by TC. <Explorer> is only shown when TC shows the IPreviewHandler object.

[petermad]

Is it possible to show something like <Thumbnail> in the title then for images then - right now it is impossible to see whether an image is shown via GDI+ or thumbnail provider whithout having to click "Options" in the menu.

[ghisler(Author)]

No, TC switches to normal image view after loading the thumbnail, it doesn't 'know' anything about a separate view.

[petermad]

Hmm, but still - if I open the "Options" in the menu I see "8 Explorer Preview" selected, so somehow TC must know that the Explorer Preview is used.

If I use the normal Image view ( %COMMANDER_EXE% /S=L:P ), Options show: "4 Image/Multimedia"
If I use the Explorer preview ( %COMMANDER_EXE% /S=L:T8 ), Options show: "8 Explorer Preview"
but in both instances the Title shows the same: [path\filename] - could either one or the other be made to indicate the viewer mode in the title?