Vista-like folder selection control
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Hi all, if there is one thing I like about Vista, it is the control on top of each Explorer window showing me the path to current folder and allowing me to quickly change it. Has anyone tried to re-implement this folder selection control? Or is there a way to create this control using Windows shell libraries? Thanks for any suggestions, Vlasta
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Hi all, if there is one thing I like about Vista, it is the control on top of each Explorer window showing me the path to current folder and allowing me to quickly change it. Has anyone tried to re-implement this folder selection control? Or is there a way to create this control using Windows shell libraries? Thanks for any suggestions, Vlasta
Ugh. That's got to be my most disliked feature. It's hard to manually edit, it's ugly, there's no "up" button (It's a back button which I don't use, and they've changed the keyboard short cut for up from backspace to alt+leftarrow which can't be pressed with 1 hand unless you have really big hands or a really small keyboard, which I don't). Each to their own I suppose. :) Oh, hang on, [mental note, answer original question when finished with ranting]...No, I've not seem this implemented in XP. Maybe the Vista transformation pack does it. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-to-make-windows-xp-look-like-vista/[^]
Simon
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Ugh. That's got to be my most disliked feature. It's hard to manually edit, it's ugly, there's no "up" button (It's a back button which I don't use, and they've changed the keyboard short cut for up from backspace to alt+leftarrow which can't be pressed with 1 hand unless you have really big hands or a really small keyboard, which I don't). Each to their own I suppose. :) Oh, hang on, [mental note, answer original question when finished with ranting]...No, I've not seem this implemented in XP. Maybe the Vista transformation pack does it. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-to-make-windows-xp-look-like-vista/[^]
Simon
I do not want to start arguing about features of this control (I simply want to have it inside my application's file browser :) ), but the functionality of the Up button is there and it is smarter than before -> simply click on the name of any of the parent folders.
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Hi all, if there is one thing I like about Vista, it is the control on top of each Explorer window showing me the path to current folder and allowing me to quickly change it. Has anyone tried to re-implement this folder selection control? Or is there a way to create this control using Windows shell libraries? Thanks for any suggestions, Vlasta
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I do not want to start arguing about features of this control (I simply want to have it inside my application's file browser :) ), but the functionality of the Up button is there and it is smarter than before -> simply click on the name of any of the parent folders.
[Resists urge to....argue......uuuggg....nnnn...] Some like it some don't. Potato potato. ;)
Simon
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Hi all, if there is one thing I like about Vista, it is the control on top of each Explorer window showing me the path to current folder and allowing me to quickly change it. Has anyone tried to re-implement this folder selection control? Or is there a way to create this control using Windows shell libraries? Thanks for any suggestions, Vlasta
Another add-in for Windows Explorer is http://www.baxbex.com/folderpilot.html[^]. If you want to try to implement this in your own app, you could start with http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/XBreadCrumbBar.aspx[^]
Best wishes, Hans
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Ugh. That's got to be my most disliked feature. It's hard to manually edit, it's ugly, there's no "up" button (It's a back button which I don't use, and they've changed the keyboard short cut for up from backspace to alt+leftarrow which can't be pressed with 1 hand unless you have really big hands or a really small keyboard, which I don't). Each to their own I suppose. :) Oh, hang on, [mental note, answer original question when finished with ranting]...No, I've not seem this implemented in XP. Maybe the Vista transformation pack does it. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-to-make-windows-xp-look-like-vista/[^]
Simon
Simon Stevens wrote:
alt+leftarrow which can't be pressed with 1 hand unless you have really big hands or a really small keyboard, which I don't)
How small are your hands? Left-Alt right arrow would require massive hands but the gap between right-alt and right arrow is only just larger than the width of my hand with my fingers closed.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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I do not want to start arguing about features of this control (I simply want to have it inside my application's file browser :) ), but the functionality of the Up button is there and it is smarter than before -> simply click on the name of any of the parent folders.
I love the breadcrumb control, but I do not agree the functionality of the up button has been adequately handled. I miss the up button! Anyhow, sorry I don't know of a control matching the breadcrumb functionality. But I did find a great app which gives me back my up button: http://mavisapps.com/up-button/[^]
-- The Obliterator
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Another add-in for Windows Explorer is http://www.baxbex.com/folderpilot.html[^]. If you want to try to implement this in your own app, you could start with http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/XBreadCrumbBar.aspx[^]
Best wishes, Hans
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Another add-in for Windows Explorer is http://www.baxbex.com/folderpilot.html[^]. If you want to try to implement this in your own app, you could start with http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/XBreadCrumbBar.aspx[^]
Best wishes, Hans
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