Button on the toolbar

[bobby181]

Hi,

Is it possible to make individual button on the toolbar with a folder's name so that I can acces directly a folder without passing throw the Favorites list?

[BGM]

Yes. Right click on any toolbar and choose "Customize Favorite Toolbars". You may need to create one. In there, when you click on the "new item" button, you will see an option to browse for a folder. You can set the icon in the same panel to any icon you want, however, FC will automatically use the icon associated with that folder (if you have assigned that folder a custom icon already in Windows Explorer).

I have lots of toolbars with lots of folders.

[bobby181]

Thanks for your answer BGM,

Everthing works great, except that the folder open in Windows Explorer. I need the folder to open in the FC's active pane. Is there a setting to change to get this work?

Thanks again

[BGM]

Bobby, that is strange. In the "program" box, can you confirm the only thing there is your folder's path? The "start folder" and "parameters" should be blank.

[bobby181]

You'are right, the folder name was in the "start folder" field. I moved the name in the "program" field and everything works perfectly! )

Thnak you so much BGM!

[BGM]

You are quite welcome. "Start Folder" is for when you want to launch a program and cause it to look in a certain folder to "start" - that is, to look for files first. For example, if you start notepad in C:\program files, then when you use notepad's open command, it should open up to that folder first. It is also useful to specify this parameter for certain programs who look for their configuration files in their startup directory (if the authour supplied it with a full path then there isn't any problem, but some apps use a relative path).

[bobby181]

How can I open a favorite folder directly in a new tab?

[BGM]

Bobby, there isn't a way to do it per se; by default it folder-buttons open in the active pane. If you double-click on the empty space of the tab bar, it will duplicate the current tab, then you can click on the folder-button to open your folder in that tab.

However, it may be possible to script something using autohotkey, if you are bold enough.

[bobby181]

Where do I start, I mean with the autohotkey?

[BGM]

Autohotkey is a scripting language. It lets you run scripts on your computer. Just visit the autohotkey site for more info about it.

If you want to see some samples, you can check this post:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3811

[bobby181]

Thanks BGM, I'll have a look.