RC1: Open - System / Edit - System - very useful but...

[Olive]

Keys are ok, but "open with" and "edit with" are not necessary IMO, since they break the sentence that started with "Open with >>" (hope that makes sense)
I'd prefer:
Open With >>
...
--------------
Associated Program
Associated Editor

[Dreamer]

Keys are ok, but "open with" and "edit with" are not necessary IMO, since they break the sentence that started with "Open with >>" (hope that makes sense)
I'd prefer:
Open With >>
...
--------------
Associated Program
Associated Editor

If there would be keys F3 and F4, this is not problem for me, but add these keys next to:

Open with Associated Program ... F3
Edit with Associated Editor ......... F4

Users will see it first time and will use keys next time.
However I'd prefer rather to remove other items from the context menu...

And what about this (I think it would be really useful):

Open with Associated Program - with Ctrl+LMB
Edit with Associated Editor - with Shift+LMB

[Dreamer]

Added in RC3, thanks Pierre.

[helmut]

The way it is implemented in RC4 differs from what the last result of this discussion was.

The labels for "Open / Edit" are different and they are now buried in the "Open With..." cascading menu:

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Open With >> 
      App 1 ... 
      App 2 ... 
      ------------- 
      Add program... 
      Remove all 
      -------------- 
      Open with Associated Program 
      Edit with Associated Editor 
...

Think we should decide whether this should be changed to what we suggested or not. The "Add program" and "Remove all" in the middle is not nice I think. The idea was to have Open/Edit in the main context menu to make it accessible quickly and easily (not in the cascaded menu).

Also I'd like to continue the discussion on the naming a bit. I think "Open with Associated Program" and "Edit with associated Editor" is too long and not so clear.

Some suggestions:

1.
Open - System
Edit - System

2.
Open (System)
Edit (System)

3.
Open (Associated Program)
Edit (Associated Program)

4.
Open in Associated Program
Edit in Associated Program

[Danny]

Erm... no. I like it the way it is in RC4.

[Dreamer]

Warning - maybe a bit OT

I agree with Helmut: (F3 and F4 is important)

Open in Associated Program ... F3
Edit in Associated Program ..... F4

BUT - I think:

We don't need those items for images (because with "Open" image is opened in xnview and with "Edit" in Paint). "Open with (Add program)" is better for images I think.

We need it just for non image files, so why not add this option?

[x] Open all non image files in associated program

Why we have to use the context menu if we could do a double-click or press Enter?

See also my suggestions from "hotkeys/shortcuts" list:

- Open with Associated Program - Ctrl+LMB
- Edit with Associated Editor - Shift+LMB

[Danny]

[x] Open all non image files in associated program

Why we have to use the context menu if we could do a double-click or press Enter?

See also my suggestions from "hotkeys/shortcuts" list:

- Open with Associated Program - Ctrl+LMB
- Edit with Associated Editor - Shift+LMB

Why not use Windows Explorer to begin with if you only want to open pictures with XNView?

[Dreamer]

OT (?)

[x] Open all non image files in associated program

Why not use Windows Explorer to begin with if you only want to open pictures with XNView?

Windows Explorer? Never! Just file manager. I just think that such option would be better than two items in already overloaded context menu.

[scratch]

i, too, agree with helmut. put these items in the main context menu and give them hotkeys.

[Dreamer]

i, too, agree with helmut. put these items in the main context menu and give them hotkeys.

There are hotkeys already - F3 and F4 - therefore I think we don't need it in the main context menu. If you are using it too often, you can use the hotkeys.