Total Commander

In TC version 9.50 the feature "target favorites" was added to the Copy and Move dialogs. These target favorites are added at the top of the drop-down list of the combo box where you edit or confirm the target for the copy or move operation. To add a target to the list you use the F7 key or button and choose the option "Add current dir (Position=n)".

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Suggestion 1: Allow any target to be added to the target favorites.

At the moment only a full path contained in the target (c:\folder\subfolder\) can be stored. It's far more useful to have a list of any targets instead of only full paths.

Some useful examples:

• ..\ (for moving to parent folder)
• subfolder\ (for moving to a subfolder)
• *.bak (for copying to .bak files)
• d:\folder\newname.dat (for copying to new location and new name)

My suggestion is:

• When 1 file is copied/moved and the original file name is not changed, strip the filename from the target before saving the target to the list.
• In all other cases, store the target as displayed in the combo box.

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Suggestion 2: Choose a better name for "Add current dir (Position=n)"

Somehow the user is to understand that this means the full path of the target currently displayed in the combo box?
Not the word "current" is key, but the word "target".
Also the word "Add" immediately prompts the question: to what?

Alternatives are:

• Save target dir
• Add target dir to target favorites
• Add target dir to target hotlist

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Suggestion 3: Find a better solution for selecting the position in the target list.

The more target favorites are saved, the more "Add current dir (Position=n)" options are listed. I think it's better to separate choosing to add a target and choosing a position. This way you always have only the two options "Add current dir" and "Directory hotlist".

One solution can be to add a submenu for selecting the position. Another possible solution is to display the list of target favorites in a window, with the new target added to the top which can be moved up and down.

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Suggestion 4: Name the sections in the drop-down list.

The drop-down list contains the first suggested target, followed by the target dir favorites, then an empty line, then the dirs of the tabs of the target panel, then en empty line, then the subfolders currently listed in target panel.

My suggestion is, instead of the empty lines use headers to separate the various entries.

So instead of: It could look like this: