Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-25, 13:58 UTC
Request in the title.
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Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
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Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 02:03 UTC
How do you want to do it? Explain it in the message body.
Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 06:56 UTC
Lister output:
C:\Temp
Junction to D:\User\Temp <--- I'm asking for such a line to be added.
Total space occupied:
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Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 11:18 UTC
I would rather vote for showing junction destination as a tooltip on the list when you hover a junction with a mouse. There is already overlay icon and <LNK> info on the list there, so it's better to gather all info in one place.
Lister shows similar info as Ctrl+L. In both cases there is no direct info that TC displays data for a directory so I think it's not a good place for info about junction. The only reason for using F3 to me is easy copy-and-paste. But if you want to see such an info in Lister, it should be available with Ctrl+L, too.
Info about junction may be also available in the context menu and in a custom column, if it's provided by the system or by any plugin. I prefer the first method, the latter one is a waste of space.
Lister shows similar info as Ctrl+L. In both cases there is no direct info that TC displays data for a directory so I think it's not a good place for info about junction. The only reason for using F3 to me is easy copy-and-paste. But if you want to see such an info in Lister, it should be available with Ctrl+L, too.
Info about junction may be also available in the context menu and in a custom column, if it's provided by the system or by any plugin. I prefer the first method, the latter one is a waste of space.
Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 12:55 UTC
If you hover over a junction this info is already displayed without loosing space on the display.wanderer wrote: 2019-10-26, 06:56 UTC Lister output:
C:\Temp
Junction to D:\User\Temp <--- I'm asking for such a line to be added.
Total space occupied:
...
Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 13:13 UTC
What OS, what TC version, what TC plugins or shell extensions? There is no such info in when running clean TC in Windows XP.Horst.Epp wrote: 2019-10-26, 12:55 UTCIf you hover over a junction this info is already displayed without loosing space on the display.
Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 13:37 UTC
Look into my signature to see all actual info.
Even FreeCommander provides such info without anything special.
I don't use XP since Windows 7 was available so it may not work in this outdated OS.
Edit: I found the plugin which does the job, its NL_Info, Version 1.20
https://totalcmd.net/plugring/nl_info.html
Re: Lister (F3) on a junction could also show the destination of the junction
Posted: 2019-10-26, 19:21 UTC
That was my trigger to suggest it as a useful TC addition. Lister already shows the directory name and the total size, etc. I don't mind it being added in CTRL+L or anywhere else, but i think the most useful place to put it would be the Lister window, for the simple reason that it can be copied to clipboard.