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Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-21, 03:54 UTC
by roman.horvath
In the directory menu, the item before the last item changes from “Add current dir” to “Remove current dir” when one of the dirs within the menu is active. I cannot count the cases when this item was executed by accident – by some keypress or something; I am not sure how, but I am sure that I never did it intentionally; and I never needed it… The “Configure…” dialog is better for that (at least for me). (Recently it happened again, and I still don’t know how it is happening.)
At first, many years ago, I was not aware of that menu item change, and I didn’t realize what is happening(?) – why sometimes (time to time) one of the items “just disappear” from the menu. Then, after noticing it, I thought that I will be able to be careful, but I’m not, I cannot, I am not able to… – it happens by some key hit or something… Please, would it be possible at least add a question dialog “Do you really want to remove this item?” For me, the best solution would be to remove this item completely. The “Configure…” dialog for the dir menu has this option (removing items) and for me, this is just fine (better than losing items accidentally).
Thank you!
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-21, 11:47 UTC
by Dalai
It's very likely you pressed R because that is the shortcut to remove an item when TC shows a directory and the directory hotlist is open(ed).
You can disable this shortcut by editing the TC language file, it's item 1147="&Remove current dir". Be aware that changes to the existing language files are lost on TC updates, so it may be better to make a copy of the language files and use them instead - petermad made a post recently about the structure these filenames must have.
Regards
Dalai
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-22, 08:13 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
Alternatively define an item with R as the hotkey, by putting & in front of the R. For example:
Link to c:\Program Files with title "Program files", change title to "P&rogram files" to use R as the hotkey. Then when you press R, the cursor just jumps between that entry and the "Remove" menu item.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-22, 11:29 UTC
by Usher
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ghisler(Author)
What about my old suggestion to change hotkeys for those items by default as follows:
WCMD_ENG.LNG wrote:
1146="&+ Add current dir"
1147="&- Remove current dir"
1148="&* Configure..."
viewtopic.php?t=74658#p401845
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-24, 08:23 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
That's a nice idea, what do other users think? I must have missed your old suggestion, sorry.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-24, 09:00 UTC
by Hacker
Christian,
That's a nice idea, what do other users think?
Sure, support++.
Roman
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2021-10-24, 10:00 UTC
by Stefan2
Usher wrote: ↑2021-10-22, 11:29 UTC
WCMD_ENG.LNG wrote:
1146="&+ Add current dir"
1147="&- Remove current dir"
1148="&* Configure..."
Support++
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-01-18, 12:55 UTC
by Saaru
Usher wrote: ↑2021-10-22, 11:29 UTC
2
ghisler(Author)
What about my old suggestion to change hotkeys for those items by default as follows:
WCMD_ENG.LNG wrote:
1146="&+ Add current dir"
1147="&- Remove current dir"
1148="&* Configure..."
viewtopic.php?t=74658#p401845
Support++
Additionally, I don't seem to have a "WCMD_ENG.LNG" file in "c:\Program Files\totalcmd\LANGUAGE\", only a "WCMD_ENG.MNU" file, so the only workaround I have is to define another DirMenu entry with an R hotkey (but that's suboptimal as I have to press Enter after pressing R).
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-01-18, 14:14 UTC
by petermad
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Saaru
I don't seem to have a "WCMD_ENG.LNG" file
You can just make it yourself. The first line has to be:
so a functioning file would be:
Code: Select all
English
1146="&+ Add current dir"
1147="&- Remove current dir"
1148="&* Configure..."
After that, you have to go into TC's Language setting and choose: "English (WCMD_ENG.LNG)" instead of "English".
You can also download the full WCMD_ENG.LNG here:
https://plugins.ghisler.com/languages/wcmd_eng.zip - and then change the appropiate lines to your need.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-01-18, 15:10 UTC
by Saaru
petermad wrote: ↑2022-01-18, 14:14 UTC
You can just make it yourself. The first line has to be:
so a functioning file would be:
Code: Select all
English
1146="&+ Add current dir"
1147="&- Remove current dir"
1148="&* Configure..."
After that, you have to go into TC's Language setting and choose: "English (WCMD_ENG.LNG)" instead of "English".
You can also download the full WCMD_ENG.LNG here:
https://plugins.ghisler.com/languages/wcmd_eng.zip - and then change the appropiate lines to your need.
Thank you for the quick and helpful reply!
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-04-21, 23:45 UTC
by Usher
2
ghisler(Author)
It's still not implemented.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-04-22, 05:47 UTC
by funkymonk
support++
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-04-22, 09:18 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
The problem is that users may have defined entries which already use these hotkeys, so it would be annoying for them.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-04-23, 01:20 UTC
by Usher
It's much more annoying to delete some menu item starting with some unexpected letter in translation. There should be the same delete hotkey in any language.
That's the same reason why most users don't want to redefine F8/Delete hotkeys.
Just do the change for beta tests, please, and we well see.
Re: Loss of items in dir menu (Ctrl+D) just by accident - please add option to prevent
Posted: 2022-04-23, 07:09 UTC
by funkymonk
Usher wrote: ↑2022-04-23, 01:20 UTC
It's much more annoying to delete some menu item starting with some unexpected letter in translation. There should be the same delete hotkey in any language.
I totally agree.
Usher wrote: ↑2022-04-23, 01:20 UTC
Just do the change for beta tests, please, and we well see.
I also suggest to use beta versions to get feedback from the community on such changes.