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Open tab in other panel?

#1 Post by Dirk » 06.08.2014, 14:56

Can one open a folder in a panel by clicking (with pressing a key or so) a tab in the other panel?
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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#2 Post by Karol » 06.08.2014, 15:54

Alt+Click?

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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#3 Post by joby_toss » 06.08.2014, 19:00

Or without using the mouse:

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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#4 Post by Dirk » 06.08.2014, 19:20

Thank you.
Alt+Click?
That would be good, but it does not seem to work here.

Many thanks for the screenshot...

Ah, sorry, may be...my expression...what I meant was: I click a tab - http://i.imgur.com/NGgWH9X.png - e.g. in the right panel and the tab / folder opens in the left panel and vice versa.
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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#5 Post by Karol » 06.08.2014, 20:19

Right click on the tab and "Copy tab to other panel" from the context menu.

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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#6 Post by Dirk » 06.08.2014, 20:52

Thank you, Karol,

Very sorry again, I did not mean to copy a tab. When you click on a tab a folder opens in the same panel, e.g. in the right panel (click the tab on the right one a folder on the right side will open). And I want to click on the same tab, but the folder shall open in the other / left panel (instead of in the same one).

Sorry for the bad expression.

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#7 Post by joby_toss » 07.08.2014, 22:20

A tab displays the contents of an (already opened) folder, it doesn't open one when you click on it.
If you want the contents of a tab to be displayed in the other panel, than what should the clicked tab display in the current panel?
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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#8 Post by Dirk » 07.08.2014, 23:17

A tab displays the contents of an (already opened) folder, it doesn't open one when you click on it.
Oops, I guess, I do not understand at all, sorry. So, when I click on a tab a folder opens in the same panel, if I see it right. Or does tab mean anything else than I think of? These things are called tabs or am I wrong: http://i.imgur.com/GG9hIv9.png
If you want the contents of a tab to be displayed in the other panel, than what should the clicked tab display in the current panel?
Well, it would stay like it is.
Workaround: use Favorites tree.
Hmmm, at the moment I do not know what it is...

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#9 Post by joby_toss » 08.08.2014, 00:13

Yes, those (in your screenshot) are the tabs. A tab is the visual representation (more like a title bar) of a directory content in FC's graphical user interface. Basically, it's an opened folder (many tabs = many opened folders).

More here: http://freecommander.com/fc_guide_grann ... abs_en.htm

I need to recap, so I can understand: let's say you have FC opened with tabs 1,2,3 in the left panel and 4,5,6 in the right panel (tabs 1 and 4 are the ones currently displayed by FC). You want to be able to select tab 2 (while tab 1 remains active) and have its contents displayed in the right panel as a new tab, 7?
If your answer is yes, then the only solution I can think of is to right click tab 2 and select "Copy tab to other panel".

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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#10 Post by Dirk » 08.08.2014, 00:28

Thank you for the link.
I need to recap, so I can understand: let's say you have FC opened with tabs 1,2,3 in the left panel and 4,5,6 in the right panel (tabs 1 and 4 are the ones currently displayed by FC). You want to be able to select tab 2 (while tab 1 remains active) and have its contents displayed in the right panel as a new tab, 7?
Yes, or replace a tab in the right panel.
If your answer is yes, then the only solution I can think of is to right click tab 2 and click "Copy tab to other panel".
Yes, but just clicking a tab pressing a key would be more convenient for me. And if you copy a locked tab you would have to close it manually on the side you copied it to (respectively I would have to do it).

But I have understand now, it is not possible. Many thanks, again.
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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#11 Post by ralfso » 09.08.2014, 10:12

You can also drag the tab to the other panel.
But you also have to close the tab in the first panel.
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Re: Open tab in other panel?

#12 Post by Dirk » 09.08.2014, 10:26

I didn't know that, many thanks, ralfso.
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