Still say: some functions indeed might be created, a basic file manager could work, however a very good such skin is extremely hard to be created in Rainmeter. Doesn't worth for sure. Keep in mind that Rainmeter is not a programming language, it definitely is not. Never wanted to be.Yincognito wrote: ↑March 11th, 2022, 8:16 pm Well, since that would be about reinventing the wheel (of which I'm not that much of a fan of, obviously), I'd need an incentive to satisfy your curiosity, apart from my particular preference for 'impossible' challenges that you guys are well aware of. Say, you could commit to never say "it can't be done" again, LOL. What do you say?
Joking aside, bar the 'bonus features', a file manager is not that much of a big deal, to be honest. On a basic level, it must have:
- one or more visually scrolling lists of files (the FileView plugin checks almost all boxes here, the rest would be Container meters or dynamic scrolling)
- the ability to create, copy, move, delete and select folders and files (possible via simple mouse actions, Lua scripts and its table arrays)
- the ability to view or edit text files (via executing Notepad for the simple variant or using an integrated file viewer or editor, roughly similar to this)
- the ability to access the local network (now that I think about it, I'd be curious if the FileView plugin can do that, since network paths are still paths)
- various other file or folder features like setting attributes, zip files or folders, etc. (possible via batches or PowerShell scripts ran by mouse actions)
And that's about it. Other bonus features can be added via scripting as well, or RunCommand measures, etc. The key here is to actually try to do it, or think of ways to do it, before rejecting the possibility - my opinion, like you said as well.
If anyone would like to try to create, I'd be curious to test the result. But me personally still say and believe, it's practically extremely hard (close to impossible) to create a real file manager in Rainmeter.
I refuse to argue anymore on this question. If anyone creates a such skin, would be delighted to test it.