Folder Tree

Folder Tree

• Contents:

  • (Configured via Preferences / Folder Tree / Contents.)

  • Root items in the folder tree can be rearranged or turned off.

  • Individual folders under the Profile directory can be shown or hidden.

  • Windows 11: Opus now filters out the plethora of random folders Microsoft added under Desktop. A new option lets you add them back.

  • Option to hide non-drives under This PC. (Will only show drive letters and MTP devices, no "media" devices.)

  • Option to show only labels for drives.

  • Option to show full paths for Smart Favorites.

  • The user profile folder (normally your user name) is now displayed as "Profile" by default. It can be changed back if you wish.

  • Support for Linux virtual folder \wsl$\ when present on supported Windows versions. Can be hidden if not wanted.

  • New option, "Remove dynamically added folders". When on, root folders that were added dynamically (to show a branch that is normally hidden) are removed again when you navigate away. When off, they stay until the window closes.

  • Changes to the Quick Access folder are now reflected sooner in the folder tree (and on toolbars, if the folder has been added to them).

  • The Favorites branch now supports separators in the tree.

  • Removed the "Start Desktop at..." dropdown. This confused people, and most of what it did can now be achieved in other ways. For example, This PC can be moved to a separate group, which is similar to the "start at Computer" option, and "non-drive folders" can be turned off, which is similar to the "start at Drives" option.

• Network servers:

  • The Network branch now updates automatically when machines come and go (as long as Windows itself notices).

  • The list of computers under Network in the folder tree is now cached for faster access, including across restarts.

  • Caching can be configured under Preferences / Folders / Network Folders.

  • You can also specify one or more servers which should always be listed, even if Windows fails to find them.

• Cloud storage:

  • Option to put Cloud Storage folders in their own part of the tree, or hide them entirely.

  • Synology shares are now shown properly in the tree (and on the Desktop) as links directly to the share folder, rather than the intermediate folder containing shortcuts.

• Expansion and pinned branches:

  • (Configured via Preferences / Folder Tree / Expand/Collapse.)

  • Tree header has new "collapse all" button. Collapses all folders except those leading to the current path.

  • Tree header has new button to manage expansion presets:

    • Save a list of which folders are expanded and collapsed into a named preset.

    • Load a preset to expand and collapses folders to match what was saved.

    • Use multiple presets for different situations.

  • New option, "Expansion pins on folder tree branches":

    • Pinned branches remain expanded and cannot be collapsed. They remain expanded when you click the "collapse all" button.

    • Expansion pins, if enabled, display on mouseover, on the right of each branch.

    • Click pin once to pin a folder and again to un-pin it.

    • Ctrl+Space toggles the selected branch's pin, if the tree has keyboard focus.

  • New option to remember the expansion state of all tree items (not just the root items as in Opus 12).

  • New option to remember the expansion state of root items. (Opus 12 always did this; now it's optional.)

  • New option to only remember expansion state of pinned items.

  • Tree branches now animate briefly when expanded by mouse or keyboard. New option, "Animate expanding branches" to turn it off.

  • The old "Expand My Computer branch" option has been removed, since the state of all folders is remembered automatically.

• Miscellaneous:

  • Tree item height, indentation and spacing are now configurable.

  • New option to prevent scrolling when branches expand. (Stops the tree jumping down to show as much of the expanded branch as possible.)

  • "Position selected item" setting has a new "25% from the top of the tree" option, in addition to the older "top" and "middle" choices.

  • New option show or hide the tree header's lock button. (Off by default. People tended to click it without understanding what it did.)

  • You can now create hotkeys which only apply when the folder tree has focus.

• Commands:

  • Go TREEEXPAND=... and Go TREECOLLAPSE=... -- Expand or collapse multiple tree branches in various ways. Parameters include:

    • "focus": Expand/collapse the tree item with input focus.

    • "all": Expand/collapse the current branch and everything within it.

    • "first": Expand/collapse the current branch only.

    • "second": Expand/collapse current branch on first use, then expand/collapse all its children on second use.

    • (The old Go EXPANDTREE is hidden, but still works. Go TREEXPAND with no additional parameters does the same thing.)

  • Go REMEMBERTREEEXPANSION and Go RESTORETREEEXPANSION -- Save and load which tree items are expanded and collapsed.

    • NAME argument can specify preset to load or save.

    • If no preset is specified, expansin state is stored in memory temporarily until the window closes.

  • Go RESTORETREEEXPANSION=list -- Displays a list of saved presets which you can load. (You'd normally access this via the tree header, but that can be hidden.)

  • Go RESTORETREEEXPANSION=reset -- Reset tree expansion to its initial state.

  • Go TREESETPINSTATE -- Toggles the selected item's pin.

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