Default Toolbars & Menus

Default Toolbars & Menus

• General:

  • The Customize dialog's Default Toolbars tab (discussed above) provides a way to highlight new commands. (See Customize.)

  • If you have custom toolbars and don't want to reset them, you can drag individual items out of the Default Toolbars tab.

• Middle-click to open in a new tab:

  • Most buttons which go to folders now support middle-click to open in a new tab.

  • If a tab for the folder already exists, it will be activated instead of opening a new tab, unless it is already the active tab, in which case a second tab for it will open.

  • Similarly, right-click opens a context menu for the target folder.

  • This functionality automatically applies to any simple button which runs (or generates) a command to go to a specific path.

  • Includes the Up (Parent), Back and Forward buttons.

  • Includes Favorites, Recent, Drive Buttons, and menus generated via "Go FOLDERCONTENTS".

  • Does not include commands that use conflicting arguments like MULTIFUNC, NEW, NEWTAB, etc.

  • Does not include "three-Buttons", which have explicit middle-click or right-click actions.

• "Menu" toolbar:

  • Edit > Copy Other > Checksums -- Now a submenu, and includes the BLAKE3 algorithm.

  • Edit > Calculate BLAKE3 Checksums -- Calculates and shows BLAKE3 hashes in the file display.

  • Edit > Select Other > Select Empty Folders.

  • Edit > Select Other > Select Zero-Byte Folders.

  • Edit > Select Other > Select Expanded Folder Items -- After expanding one or more folders, use this to select everything below them. (See Expandable Folders under File Display.)

  • Edit > Select Other > Select Duplicates -- The same as the Duplicate Files "Select" button. Useful if the panel is hidden.

  • Tools > Find Presets -- A list of your Find presets, plus commands to find empty folders in or below the current directory.

  • Tools > Convert Images > Save As -- Now includes any defined image conversion presets.

  • Settings > Toolbars > Choose Location Bar Toolbars -- Shortcut to the corresponding Preferences page.

  • Settings > Scripts -- Opens dialog for managing scripts. The new Script IDE can be opened from there.

  • Settings > Install Script -- Easier way to install scripts (e.g. from the forum).

  • Settings > Set Lister Defaults -- New name for "Set Default Lister", with extended functionality. (Old command still works.)

  • Settings > Dark Mode -- Toggles between dark and light modes.

  • View > Details + Thumbnails (and similar top-level icon):

    • Now disabled in Shell folders where it won't work.

    • Default button code updated to scale thumbnail size with DPI.

  • Folder > Folder Format -- Used to be named "Folder Options".

  • Folder > Expandable Folders -- Toggles the ability to use Expandable Folders. Turning them off saves a little space.

  • Folder > Expand/Collapse All Folders -- Expands all folders immediately below the current directory. Collapses them if they're all already expanded.

  • Folder > Friendly Dates -- Allows you to turn friendly dates ("Today", "Monday", etc.) on and off without opening Preferences.

  • Folder > Full-Row Selection -- Now toggles between full-row and full-width-of-name-column selection modes.

  • Lister > Favorites Bar -- Toggles the new Favorites Bar. Ctrl+Shift+B hotkey.

  • Viewer Pane -- Button now has a right-click action which opens a Lister-Linked viewer. (See Viewer.)

• "Operations" toolbar:

  • Copy Files > Duplicate to Dated Names -- Similar to "Duplicate", but automatically appends the current date and time to the new copies, without prompting.

  • Copy Files > Copy Settings -- Shortcut to the corresponding Preferences page.

  • New Folder > Move to New Folder -- Prompts for a name and moves all selected items into a new sub-folder.

  • New Folder > Move to Dated Folder -- Moves all selected items into a new sub-folder with YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS name for natural sorting. (Not technically new, but in a new place.)

  • Delete > Empty Recycle Bin -- Empties the Recycle Bin.

  • Delete > Secure Empty Recycle Bin -- Does a multi-pass "secure" erase of the Recycle Bin.

  • Delete > Enable Recycle Bin -- Toggles whether the Recycle Bin is used within Opus.

  • Delete > Enable Recycle Confirmation -- Toggles confirmation prompts when deleting to the Recycle Bin.

  • Delete > Delete Settings -- Shortcut to the corresponding Preferences page.

  • Slideshow > Open Linked Viewer -- Alternative way to open a Lister-Linked viewer.

  • Help > Video Tutorials -- Links to the Directory Opus YouTube channel.

  • Help > Submit Crash Logs -- Lets you send crash logs for problem reports.

• "Favorites Bar" toolbar:

  • Entirely new toolbar listing favorites, similar to the Bookmarks Bar in most web browsers.

  • Folders can be dragged to the toolbar, without having to enter Customize mode first.

  • Sub-menus for other favorites and Quick Access locations, including drive letters and special folders like Recycle Bin.

• "File Display" toolbar:

  • When the Favorites Bar is on, the File Display toolbar's Favorites icon/menu is hidden. It will reappear automatically if the Favorites Bar is then turned off.

  • Home button (see Location Bar for details).

• "Images" toolbar:

  • Convert -- Button-menu now includes any defined image conversion presets.

• "Viewer" toolbar:

  • File > Link to Lister Selection -- Toggles the viewer's Lister-Linked state. (See Viewer.)

  • File > Locate Image -- Menu of online GPS mapping services.

  • View > Background Color -- Menu for changing the viewer's background. Useful for images with transparency.

  • View > Picture Frame -- Toggle the viewer's picture frame, without going to Preferences.

  • View > Previous Monitor -- Move the viewer to the previous display.

  • View > Next Monitor -- Move the viewer to the next display.

  • The top-level Next and Previous buttons have updated commands which mark the current picture first if pushed with Ctrl.

  • There are also new top-level buttons to toggle Lister-Linked, and (if fullscreen) move to other monitors.

• Context menus:

  • Context menus that contain "Open Containing Folder" now include a second "...in New Tab" option. (Removed unnecessary "open container in tabs" setting.)

  • The "Column Header" context menu has several changes to support new grouping and column-freezing functionality. We recommend resetting your copy to the defaults if they are missing.

  • "Folder Tabs" context menu is new. This used to be a hardcoded menu and can now be edited.

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