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Ideal GUI File Manager for Modern OSes

Ideal File Manager for Modern OSes

Interface

Tabbed, no menu bar, tool bar unique to each tab with following:

  1. Back button (cds to popd dir off stack)
  2. Foward button (cds to last popd dir off stack)
  3. Pwd bar showing current dir path; should also provide indexed folder searching? How does "Everything" do it?

File/dir list:

  • "Details" only view showing name, type, mtime, and size
  • Up/down arrows navigate list
  • Spacebar toggles selection - multiselect (non-contiguous) by default
  • Configurable commands can be defined and mapped to any key combos
  • "/" default to activate active view's search (pwd) bar
  • Ctrl+arrows focuses next view in that direction
  • Alt+left arrow = back button action
  • Alt+right arrow = forward button action
  • Alt+up arrow = cd ..
  • Ctrl+shift+arrows increases size of active view in that direction
  • Support grid layout
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