Hey all, I have an idea that could be fairly easily turned into an application with a bit of quick and dirty code.
Problem is im a gui artist, not a coder ![]()
Anyways, here it is:
Tabbed Browsing Explorer Toolbar!!!!!!
How it would work.
Allow for a new skinnable explorer toolbar.
When you open a file or folder, the toolbar is at the top, and automatically makes a tab with the current location in it.
If you click new tab button (which would of course be a custom made toolbar button for explorer, placed near the back forward up, etc, keys) the CURRENT location (e.g. c:documents and settingsetc) is saved in a temp file, and assigned to the first tab.
Then, a NEW tab is created with a dummy empty folder. The address bar is empty, awaiting input.
If you click the FIRST tab, the original tab's location is restored to that window.
Also, a SHELL EXTENSION can be made to "open in new tab" (which would be the most used and most important aspect of this toolbar)
It involves:
Saving current location, assigning to the relevent tab button.
Creating a new tab button, and open the location of whatever was clicked.
Application rules:
When a new tab is opened, the last tabs location is saved to a temp file or buffer, and assigned to the appropriate tab.
When a tab is clicked, the last tabs location is saved to a temp file or buffer, and assigned to the appropriate tab.
Toolbars are window specific, to allow multiple windows to be open with multiple tabs. The best way to do this would be having multiple instances of the background exe or toolbar.
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