XnView needs the "My Places Bar" for Open and Save dialogs.
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REQ for My Places Bar support
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REQ for My Places Bar support
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
Will be addedckit wrote:XnView needs the "My Places Bar" for Open and Save dialogs.
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
Will be added without discussion? Hmm. I haven't heard of "My Places Bar" before, is it a sort of standard thing?xnview wrote:Will be addedckit wrote:XnView needs the "My Places Bar" for Open and Save dialogs.
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
Yeah sort of. It's really called just "Places Bar" I belive, cause modifying it (like in ckits pic) is hidden feature of windows... at least in win2k.helmut wrote:Will be added without discussion? Hmm. I haven't heard of "My Places Bar" before, is it a sort of standard thing?
I am actually quite curious about how Pierre is going to work this out, since modifying the default open file dialog will cause windows automatically disable the "Places Bar" for backward compatibility (joys of coding). I have been trying to figure out, how to modify the open file dialog without loosing the "Places Bar" for some time now.
Pierre any change to get some sample code?
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It is very useful, I didn't know that I can add also custom paths/folders there.
It is possible with Tweak UI - Common dialogs.
I think there could be an option to enable/disable though.
There are 2 possibilities to implement ths feature:
- use original Windows dialog
- add "Places Bar" to XnView's dialog (but not sure if it would be possible to use the same folders as in original Windows dialog)
Pierre?
It is possible with Tweak UI - Common dialogs.
I think there could be an option to enable/disable though.
There are 2 possibilities to implement ths feature:
- use original Windows dialog
- add "Places Bar" to XnView's dialog (but not sure if it would be possible to use the same folders as in original Windows dialog)
Pierre?
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Ok, I'll try and teach you guys how to do it:
Open RegEdit and go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Create another key called "comdlg32" and then create another coming off that called "PlacesBar" so it should look like this....
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Now inside the PlacesBar key you can create String value entries like "C:\My Data" or DWord entries like 0x00000000 which is the Desktop. You only have the following names (Place0,Place1,Place2,Place3,Place4)
Google the web for more info, Microsoft has a page on it.
Open RegEdit and go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Create another key called "comdlg32" and then create another coming off that called "PlacesBar" so it should look like this....
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Now inside the PlacesBar key you can create String value entries like "C:\My Data" or DWord entries like 0x00000000 which is the Desktop. You only have the following names (Place0,Place1,Place2,Place3,Place4)
Google the web for more info, Microsoft has a page on it.
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
You must use the FlagEx in OPENFILENAME structckv wrote: I am actually quite curious about how Pierre is going to work this out, since modifying the default open file dialog will cause windows automatically disable the "Places Bar" for backward compatibility (joys of coding). I have been trying to figure out, how to modify the open file dialog without loosing the "Places Bar" for some time now.
Pierre any change to get some sample code?
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
Thank you. I knew that there is simple solution for this.xnview wrote:You must use the FlagEx in OPENFILENAME structckv wrote: I am actually quite curious about how Pierre is going to work this out, since modifying the default open file dialog will cause windows automatically disable the "Places Bar" for backward compatibility (joys of coding). I have been trying to figure out, how to modify the open file dialog without loosing the "Places Bar" for some time now.
Pierre any change to get some sample code?
I used Tweak UI, but there are many other tweak tools what can do this. Microsoft PowerToys for XP probably does the trick too.Dreamer wrote:It is very useful, I didn't know that I can add also custom paths/folders there.
It is possible with Tweak UI - Common dialogs.
XnView Tweak UI - Tool to customize your XnView beyond the regular XnView options.
UI-less Settings - Documentation of all the hidden settings in XnView.
XFAM - Tool to create and customize XnView file associations.
UI-less Settings - Documentation of all the hidden settings in XnView.
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Re: REQ for My Places Bar support
Tweak UI is part of Microsoft PowerToys.ckv wrote:I used Tweak UI, but there are many other tweak tools what can do this. Microsoft PowerToys for XP probably does the trick too.
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