Multiple Directory Menus?

JimEoff · Post by *JimEoff » 2012-12-27, 14:43 UTC

Is it possible to have multiple Directory Menus? I see there is a 2008 thread titled "Script to allow usage of multiple directory menus available" but I figured I'd see if the feature has been added to the program itself.

Thank you

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2012-12-30, 14:18 UTC

No, this isn't currently supported, sorry.

JimEoff · Post by *JimEoff » 2012-12-31, 12:21 UTC

OK, hope you'll consider for the future if it's not a hard one to implement. My lists (at home and work) get so long that some of the convenience is lost when they don't fit on the screen and I have to scroll down.

OTOH adding toolbar icons is easy and you can have as many of those as you like.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2012-12-31, 19:28 UTC

JimEoff,
You can use tools like TCMenu or other custom menu tools and use commands that tell TC to change current directory. It would allow you to have as many directory menus (and separate hotkeys for them) as you want.

karlchen · Post by *karlchen » 2012-12-31, 20:11 UTC

In fact, there is no real need to use a 10 year old addon like TCMenu. By now T.C. can display buttonbars as popup menus of the current buttonbar.

See the chapter "Dialog box: Configuration - Change button bar" in the T.C. help, in particular the section "Show as menu".

This feature is not new in T.C. 8.01, but has been added quite while ago.

Karl

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2012-12-31, 23:29 UTC

karlchen,
You can't assign hotkeys for such drop-down bars...

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2013-01-01, 01:15 UTC

MVV wrote:karlchen,
You can't assign hotkeys for such drop-down bars...

It is possible by creating an extended command-> assign hotkey for it-> use it in any sub-bar.

JimEoff · Post by *JimEoff » 2013-01-01, 02:33 UTC

Thanks to all, and particularly karlchen for the information "Dialog box: Configuration - Change button bar" and the section "Show as menu".

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2013-01-01, 11:10 UTC

ts4242 wrote:It is possible by creating an extended command-> assign hotkey for it-> use it in any sub-bar.

Do you mean that we can show our drop-down menus via hotkey?

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2013-01-01, 23:33 UTC

MVV wrote:
ts4242 wrote:It is possible by creating an extended command-> assign hotkey for it-> use it in any sub-bar.
Do you mean that we can show our drop-down menus via hotkey?

Yes, an extended command like

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OpenBar "C:\Totalcmd\mybar.bar"

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2013-01-02, 09:07 UTC

ts4242, I tried to assign a hotkey for EM with OPENBAR, it doesn't open drop-down menu when I press that hotkey, it simply switches to that BAR...

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2013-01-04, 23:38 UTC

@MVV
I didn't test before, so i was think OPENBAR take care of the option "Show as menu".

@Ghisler
Is it possible to make OPENBAR take care of the option "Show as menu"?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2013-01-07, 15:12 UTC

Currently not - "Show as menu" needs a reference point where to show the menu, and this is currently the button on which you click in the button bar.

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2013-01-07, 22:01 UTC

2ghisler(Author)

You can find the reference point by checking if the current bar contains a button opens the same file as the OPENBAR command then use that button as a reference, if there isn't such button then switch to that bar.

In order to not change the behavior of OPENBAR command, you may add a new command e.g. OpenBarAsMenu and use the current position of the mouse pointer as a reference.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2013-01-08, 05:30 UTC

I think it would be better just to use first buttonbar button's position than current mouse position.