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Dreamer wrote: 24.04.2022, 15:57 - Open file with single click
- Open folder with single click

Thanks, these work as a workaround for the issue!

When I try do double tap a file or folder in FreeCommander, using either a finger or the digitizer pen, the file/folder is selected (as with a single click/tap) but the file/folder is not opened.

With mouse/touchpad double clicking works fine in FreeCommander. And the double tap with finger ...

This is more a minor inconsitency than a real bug, but I thought I'd report it.

Providing a file path as command line argument results in FC openening the containing folder and selecting the file (as expected).

Example:
FreeCommander.exe /C /T /R="%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe ...

Hi peter77,

If I am not mistaken, those two actions work only for copy/move operations from the active to the inactive panel . I.e. they are one step operations invoked only by the menu options File>Copy / File>Move , by the corresponding keyboard shortcuts [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[C] / [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[X ...

If you download the ZIP version of FreeCommander 2009 from http://www.freecommander.com/fc_u3_en.htm (almost at the bottom of the page) there is no need for any installation. Just unzip and go!

If you use [ALT]+[MMB] on a folder, it opens in a new tab in the other pane. Is that what you are looking for?

I would love to see this functionality too!

That would make FreeCommander completely independet from the windows file associations . For the standard user this might be trivial, but as leo_dk said, if you use FreeCommander as your portable file manager on multiple computers, this could be THE ...

I noticed this behaviour too some time ago: If you click on a selected (highlighted) file/folder in the inactive panel, the cursor for renaming appears, instead of just giving focus to this panel.

Still occures in version 2009.02.