Release 25.00
XYplorer 25.00 has been released on 26-Sep-2023. Here’s a quick introduction to the main new features:
The Glider. The Glider is a floating, context-sensitive mini toolbar in the folder tree that magically appears at your mouse pointer, offering buttons for the most common file management operations: Copy, Move and Paste. It’s like drag and drop without the dragging. Fully customizable. A game changer when it comes to manually organizing files into folders.
How to turn it on
Toggle the Glider at Tools | Customize Tree | Show Glider.
By the way, the same menu can by shown by Shift+right-clicking anywhere in the white space of the folder tree.
Where is it?
The Glider appears when you stop the mouse in the so-called hover zone. It will never appear while the mouse is moving.
The hover zone is set by default to the right edge of the tree, with a width of 4 times the scrollbar width. This setting can be easily changed using the Glider’s right-click menu.
Usage
Here you can see the Glider in action. Just one click to move a bunch of files to a specific folder. No drag-and-drop, no copy-and-paste, no need to go to the destination folder. You stay where you are.
Copying files using a vertical Glider.
Configuration
Virtually everything about the Glider is customizable from its right-click menu. You can decide where it appears, when it appears, and how it appears.
Configuring the Glider from its right-click menu.
See the help file for details.
Usage Tips
To display the glider buttons vertically, select 1 for Buttons per Row.
If you’re about to use the Glider to move a bunch of files to different tree folders, your task will be streamlined if you show just that one Glider button (Select Buttons... / Move selected items here) and make it appear directly under the mouse pointer (Hover Zone / Snap to First Button).
The Move button (size Extra Large) appears directly under the mouse.
Many Other Improvements. See change log (about 1.5 MB).
