Bread crumb bar

[Elad]

Hi,

I just tried TC 7.5 last night for the first time, and I love the bread crumb bar option, unicode support is great as well. I haven't checked any other options yet

One suggestion I have about it is:
When I click on the bread crumb bar to go to a higher level (higher being closer to the root) in the path I would like to see the lower levels grayed out instead of deleted (as long as my new path matches the start of my older path). this way the bar can work both ways as long I'm on the same route in the directory tree.
I've been thinking about this since i first saw the bread crumb bar on Vista RC, maybe theres's another issue here about this that I'm missing and that's why I never saw anyone implement it.

anyway if there is please point it out. and if there isn't I hope you'll implement this feature.

Thanks,

Elad Soffer

[ghisler(Author)]

I would like to see the lower levels grayed out instead of deleted

Can you explain what you mean with that, please? I don't quite understand it, sorry.

[Samuel]

I think he means something like:

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Path: C:\a1\b2\c3
----------------
      C:>a1|b1|c1
      D:|a2>b2|c2
      E:|a3|b3>c3
      F:|

If I click on "b2" I also see alternatives for "a1" and "C:".

[fenix_productions]

2Samuel
Different people, different points of view and mine is:

If I have a path:

c:\Windows\system32\*.*

and I click on:

c:\Windows\system32\*.*

then it changes to:

c:\Windows\*.*

BUT I assume that Elad would like to see:

c:\Windows\system32\*.*

instead.

[Samuel]

Mh your decription sounds more like his text.
But I think he means only having it greyed as long as the Breadcrumb menu is open.

[Elad]

Thank you both for the interpretation
The one I mean is:

c:\Windows\system32\*.*

I would like to see it as long as my current active directory is a part of the older path. not only while the bread crumb bar is active.
here is a little example for using this: Jumping a few folders back using the bar, selecting a few files, cut them to the clip board and select my grayed out folder and paste them there.

So if I click on "c:", while I'm at this position:
c:\Windows\system32\*.*
I'de still get
c:\Windows\system32\*.*

but if I click:
c:\Windows\system32\*.*
and select "Users" from the pull down menu... i.e I'm no longer on the same older path, I'de get:
c:\users\*.*
Clicking "c:" here will yeild:
c:\users\*.*

Basicly my idea is this:
Currently the bread crumb only assist us in finding our way back toward the root directory, that's preatty simple, to be honest, just hit the backspace a few times and you're there.
My idea is to exploit it alittle further and use the bread crumb bar the other way too. So we encounter a problem, What is my destination folder? because there are many different paths, all of them start at the root, but each path ends at a different directory. So we need to select one path. The path that seems most logical to me is the last path I used that begins with the same directory that I'm currently using.

I hope this clarifies mt intent. I'll do my best to further assist in explaining my idea, just ask

thanks,

Elad

[Samuel]

Wow! This is really good. I would like this!

In "C:\Bla\Blub\Blib\Bleb\Blob"

I would just click on "Bla"
-> "C:\Bla\Blub\Blib\Bleb\Blob"

There copy some files and switch back by clicking "Blob"
-> "C:\Bla\Blub\Blib\Bleb\Blob"

Now I can paste the files.
Of cause only if I got u right this time

[Elad]

yep, you got me right this time

[MVV]

Idea to keep last path is great but the current presentation is bad. When I see in the path bar "C:\Windows\System32\*.exe", I understand that I see all .exe files in the System32 folder. But even if System32 will be painted in another colour, logics will say that if path bar contains text "C:\Windows\System32\*.exe", I see all .EXE files in System32 folder. I want to say that only filter mask may impede idea.

[Lefteous]

2MVV
You are right but this is mainly a problem of the way the filter is currently presented not of the suggestion.

[MVV]

2MVV
You are right but this is mainly a problem of the way the filter is currently presented not of the suggestion.

Yes, and I made accent on it.

If I see C:\Windows\System32\*.exe, my mind will treat it as continuous path to the files, ignoring different colours.

Maybe one of following strings will be easier to understand:
C:\Windows\System32 (*.exe)
C:\Windows\System32, *.exe
(or some other kind of divider)

But we need to add color settings to configuration dialog in such case.