QT TabBar - Tabs in Windows Explorer (XP/Vista)

I would like to have findexer enable button in qttab buttons... just like folder tree in classics windows buttons. When I close findexer, i have to go to view and search it there. Button would be much better. Any ideas?

#496164

Possibly write a plugin for QTTabbar?

#496174

I can get you closer with shortcut keys.

Alt+V then E then O get's the folder view. And to make an "X" shortcut go to this thread:

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=45752

#496192

Possibly write a plugin for QTTabbar?

It will be great... Is there anybody who knows how to do it? Or direct do it? :)

#496273

I wrote a plug-in for QTTabbar that provides a button that toggles the FindeXer pane. It requires the registry edit that creates a shortcut key for the FindeXer menu entry, then it uses a compiled AutoHotKey script to activate that menu entry. Perhaps not the most elegant solution, but it does the job. Installation instructions are in the zip. Comments welcome!

EDIT: the zip file was removed since there is now a later version that is better. You will find it in a later post.

#497919

Well done, fredastaire!

I'll check this out & see how it works... :)

#497920

Nice. Had to put it into the System32 folder otherwise it result in a .Net error.

So, it's basically a compiled sendkey script?

#497930

here is my own finder with QT...

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does the new finder in OS-X 10.5 really have this kind of feature???

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#497935

The dll is a modified version of Quizo's "Folder button" plug-in, recompiled using SharpDevelop. The exe is a complied AutoHotKey script that basically just sends ALT V E X. I noticed that the AutoHotKey script places itself briefly in the system tray by default, which annoyed me. So I recompiled it with the #NoSystemTray option. The new version is in the attached zip file. Just copy it over the top of the old one in your system32 folder.

FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar.zip

Attachment: FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar.zip

#498013

Doesnt work for me, everywhere when i click on the findexer button it shows me just table help (is this copy of Windows legal, about windows...) It makes, when i press alt + v too. I have done everything in the instructions. Using czech windows XP SP2, objectbar 1.65

#498018

I am guessing the reason it doesn't work is that ALT V in English Windows opens the View menu, but in Czech Windows it opens the help thing. What is the correct letter for the View menu? I could re-compile the AutoHotKey script for you. (Or you can decompile the exe using Exe2ahk, make the changes yourself, and recompile using Ahk2exe! Everything is available at the AutoHotKey site)

#498023

To the view menu i can go by alt + z... could you please re-compile the hotkey? It will be great for me

#498030

OK, here is the zip file containing the recompiled FindeXerButtonPress.exe for Czech Windows. It assumes that the shortcut keys required are ALT Z E X. EDIT: The attachment was removed since the shortcut keys were wrong. The correct ones are in a later post.

#498093

Sry for me again, I forgot that the second letter is to be X. Whole way to enable findeXer is for me ALT Z X X. The czech windows are so different

Can you make button to switch betwen findexer and folder tree? I dont use the windows menu, this will be the best slolution for me

#498102

OK, here's the newest Czech version: ALT Z X X as requested. I am not able to make the button toggle between folders and FindeXer, sorry.

FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar_Czech.zip

Attachment: FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar_Czech.zip

#498108

Nevermind, thx you a lot, now it works perfectly

#498110

Doesn't work for me. I'm on german xp. I don't know the shortcut here. Would be great if you could compile it for me too (toggle findexer and explorer-tree)... ;)

Please :P

#498119

I can only recompile if you tell me the key strokes required. I need to know which key opens the View menu, then which one opens the Explorer bar submenu. I assume that X will select FindeXer, since that was the shortcut used in the registry change.

#498145

Is there a way how to change the icon of FindeXerButtonPress. I have tried to change it in reshacker, but when i save it, all of icons disappears. I want to have this icon

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#498157

Before I get stuck in an endless succession of customisation, allow me to present to you all the source code. To compile the FindeXerButtonPress exe, you will need AutoHotKeys. To compile the QTFindeXerButton dll you can use SharpDevelop. (By the way, after compilation, you will find the dll in the bindebug folder.) The source clearly shows that I used Quizo's Folder Button plugin. I hope he doesn't mind!

Perhaps as a result of releasing this source code someone might improve on it. I will be interested to see what develops...

FindeXerButtonSource.zip

Attachment: FindeXerButtonSource.zip

#498209

Thx man, you have helped me a lot. Now I have exporer like I want. On the left I have classics windows buttons (folder tree/cut,copy,paste/view), then QT adress bar and then Search box and the search button I use to enable findexer. Yes, I would like to enable findexer by the foldertree windows button, but it really dont know how to do it, so this is the best solution. Thanx again fredastaire

P.S. Next problem what I want to solve is open folders in tab with mouse wheel clicking from findexer, any ideas? ;)

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#498221

Ah, now that would involve getting into FindeXer, and the source code for that is NOT available...

#498226

Thx for the sources! ;)

I made my own :) Attached below - this works for german systems (ALT AEX).

I also changed the icon to the sidebar icon of preview in Leopard (see screenshot)...

FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar_ger.zip

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Attachment: FindeXerButtonForQTTabbar_ger.zip

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#498257

For me all it's doing is bringing up the View > Explorer bar menu, is that what it's supposed to do or automatically toggle the Findexer bar?

#498519

Have you applied the registry fix? You need to give FindeXer a shortcut letter ("X"). There were minimal instructions in the zip file.

#498529