FolderView

[eclectic-tech]

FolderView w/LUA by Corona Borealis

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New Expandable Variants

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Folder/File Display Launcher
Multiple ways to view and organize items on your desktop

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DeviantArt Download Link: https://www.deviantart.com/eclectic-tech/art/FolderView-806789720

FolderView_2.2024.06.19.rmskin

THREE VIEW OPTIONS:
Grid pattern
- row/column grid large icon pattern
- up to 100 viewable items at a time per page
- unlimited number of item pages

Text List w/ small icons
- number of viewable items per page is restricted only by your screen's vertical height
- unlimited number of item pages

Test List only
- number of viewable items per page is restricted only by your screen's vertical height
- unlimited number of item pages


FIVE DISPLAY OPTIONS:
Stationary view
Collapsed - Expands Down
Collapsed - Expands Up
Collapsed - Expands to the Left
Collapsed - Expands to the Right


FOUR DEFAULT COLOR SCHEMES:
Light Theme w/ Dark text
Dark Theme w/ Light Text
Clear Theme w/ Dark Text
Clear Theme w/ Light Text
- All colors are customizable


ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Views are scalable for any screen resolution
Display any folder content on your desktop
Supports Drag'n Drop to display folders
- Drag and Drop folders on skin to set up
Directory Sort Options
Auto-Raise Window on Mouse Over
Optional Bottom Sta6us Detail Bar
Full Path or Folder Name Title Bar


FOLDER NAVIGATION:
- Arrows to page up/down
- Scroll will move a single row up/down
- Middle-click Title Bar to manually enter your folder path
- Double-Left-click Title Bar to open current folder in Explorer (Why not?)
- Double-Left-click items to open/launch
- Double-Left-click '..' item to navigate to previous folder

Right-click Title Bar or open folder area to access skin features context menu
Right-click items for Windows Explorer Context Menu

Comments welcomed

V 2.2024.06.19
Added new expanding variants to current expand down to now also expand up, expand left, or expand right
Large Icon grids expansion will resizes based on rows/columns settings

Thanks to Corona Borealis for the LargeIcon LUA code allowing customized LargeIcons grid patterns!!
Thanks for your comments and suggestions!

[eclectic-tech]

V 1.2019.07.11

Added an option to the context menu to let you toggle the previous "dot-dot" folder.
When hidden, only the current folders and files are displayed.

Note: You will need to toggle this to show the "dot-dot" folder in order to navigate to higher level folders.

[krakoukas]

Great and useful. Thank you

[eclectic-tech]

Great and useful. Thank you

Almost forgot to say "Thanks, glad you like it!"

[VOIZCRACK]

Hello, i am very new to rainmeter and was just wondering what should i do to make this skin only shows up when i click on my honeycomb icon launcher? Loved this skin.

[eclectic-tech]

Hello, i am very new to rainmeter and was just wondering what should i do to make this skin only shows up when i click on my honeycomb icon launcher? Loved this skin.

Replace the LeftMouseUpAction in your HoneyComb icon launcher skin with a !ActivateConfig bang. Something like this:
LeftMouseUpAction=[!ActivateConfig "FolderView\Folder1" "FolderStationary.ini"]
Save that file and refresh the Honetcomb skin to open the 'stationary' version of 'folder1'.

[NoWay_To_HeaVeN]

Hello Eclectic-Tech,
Using Your FolderView to navigate and select a SlideShow folder.
Everything works wonderfully ...
Except...
Only one thing escapes my low level of skinner.
I validate the path without problem with a right click button.
But I want to keep an undo option [1 level] on the left click,
I have to operate 2 clicks to take it into account in the "variables.inc" of Folder1.
I can post the rmskin of course for checking, as I wouldn't want to update my post in the "Other Uncategorized Skins" section where it is currently without this option.

Thank you in advance for your answer.

[eclectic-tech]

Hello Eclectic-Tech,
Using Your FolderView to navigate and select a SlideShow folder.
Everything works wonderfully ...
Except...
Only one thing escapes my low level of skinner.
I validate the path without problem with a right click button.
But I want to keep an undo option [1 level] on the left click,
I have to operate 2 clicks to take it into account in the "variables.inc" of Folder1.
I can post the rmskin of course for checking, as I wouldn't want to update my post in the "Other Uncategorized Skins" section where it is currently without this option.

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Not sure what you mean by 'an undo option'.
You can set any path by navigating the folders, or by middle-click the Titlebar and typing in a path.
You can reset to the top level by middle-click the Titlebar and entering a blank (empty) path.

I would need to see your modified code to be able to suggest any changes.

[VyzerMusic]

Is there a way to increase the size of the folder and the amount of files it shows?

[eclectic-tech]

Is there a way to increase the size of the folder and the amount of files it shows?

Are asking to increase the size of the icons or the entire skin?
The icons are already using the large variant.
To enlarge the skin can be done by editing the "Scale" variable in "variables.inc" of any of the included config folders.

The number of items shown could be increased beyond 8-at-a-time (as it is now), but would require a lot of modifying of the code: FileView setting changes, plus new measures and meters.

That is not something I plan on doing
The skin can show an unlimited number of folders and files from any location, it simply limits to viewing 8 at any one time.

EDIT: The latest version can show up to 100 items at a time.