Set

The Set internal command can be used to:

 

You can combine multiple Set command arguments on the one command line to make multiple changes to the Lister at once. For example, Set DUAL=on TREE=off would turn dual-display mode on, and the folder trees off, in one operation.

 

Command Arguments:

Argument

Type

Possible values

Description

ADMIN

/K

on

Turns Administrator mode in in the active Lister. Opus will prompt you for the timeout, after which Administrator mode is automatically deactivated. This function has no effect on Windows XP, or if UAC is disabled.

Example: Set ADMIN=on

 

 

off

Turns Administrator mode off in the active Lister.

Example: Set ADMIN=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles Administrator mode on or off.

Example: Set ADMIN=toggle

 

 

<timeout>

Specify a timeout (in minutes) to suppress the timeout dialog from appearing.

Example: Set ADMIN=toggle,10

AUTOSIZECOLUMNS

/O

(no value)

Automatically resize all columns in the current source file display (applies to details and power modes only).

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS

 

 

dest

Automatically resize all columns in the current destination file display.

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=dest

 

 

left

Resize all columns in the left (or top) file display of a dual display Lister.

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=left

 

 

right

Resize all columns in the right (or bottom) file display.

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=right

 

 

both

Resize all columns in both file displays of a dual display Lister (or the sole display of a single display Lister).

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=both

 

 

focus

Resize all columns in the file display that currently has input focus.

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=focus

 

 

widest

Resizes the columns on both sides of a dual display Lister, setting the columns on both sides to the same width (the widest of the two).

Example: Set AUTOSIZECOLUMNS=widest

CHECKBOXMODE

/K

on

Turns Checkbox mode on in the source file display.

Example: Set CHECKBOXMODE=on

 

 

off

Turns Checkbox mode off in the source file display.

Example: Set CHECKBOXMODE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles Checkbox mode on or off.

Example: Set CHECKBOXMODE=toggle

CLEARFILTERS

/S

(no value)

Clears all file and folder filters in the current source file display. The filters that are cleared are those controlled by the HIDEFILTERFILENAME, HIDEFILTERFOLDERS, SHOWFILTERFILENAME and SHOWFILTERFOLDERS arguments.

Example: Set CLEARFILTERS

COLUMNS

/K

<column>, ...

Changes which columns are displayed in the current source file display. You can specify one or more comma-separated column keywords - the columns will be displayed in the order specified. Note that the Name column must always be present and will be added automatically if you don't specify it.

Example: Set COLUMNS name,sizeauto,desc,attr

COLUMNSADD

/K

<column>, ...

Adds the specified columns to the current source file display. You can specify one or more comma-separated column keywords.

Each column name can optionally be followed by the position to insert the column, and the width to make the new column. The format of this is as follows:

  • (<pos>) - specify the position of the new column (0 is the left-most)
  • (*,<size>) - specify the width of the new column in pixels (* for position indicates add to the end of existing columns)
  • (<pos>,<size>) - specify both the position and size of the new column


If the position is not specified, the column will be added to the end of the existing columns. Specifying the size of columns only works if the auto-size flag is turned off in Folder Options. If an asterisk (*) is specified for the size value, the column will be automatically sized to fit the content.

Example: Set COLUMNSADD desc(2),author(*,*)

COLUMNSREMOVE

/O

<column>, ...

Removes the specified columns from the current source display. You can specify one or more comma-separated column keywords.

Example: Set COLUMNSREMOVE=mp3bitrate,mp3samplerate

Within the Lister Column Header Context Menu, you can use %header% to refer to the column which was right-clicked.

Example: Set COLUMNSREMOVE=%header%

COLUMNSTOGGLE

/K

<column>, ...

Toggles the specified columns on or off in the current source display. The position and size of added columns can be given as for COLUMNSADD.

You can specify one or more comma-separated column keywords. If more than one column name is provided, the named columns will only be turned off if all specified columns are currently present. Otherwise, those columns not currently present will be added.

Example: Set COLUMNSTOGGLE=desc(2),author

CONTENTFORMAT

/K

<content group>

Sets the current source file display to use the named content type folder format.

Example: Set CONTENTFORMAT Images

COPYFILTER

/K

on

Turns on the recursive copy filter for the active Lister.

Example: Set COPYFILTER=on

 

 

off

Turns off the copy filter in the active Lister.

Example: Set COPYFILTER=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the copy filter on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set COPYFILTER=toggle

DELFILTER

/K

on

Turns on the recursive delete filter for the active Lister.

Example: Set DELFILTER=on

 

 

off

Turns off the delete filter in the active Lister.

Example: Set DELFILTER=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the delete filter on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set DELFILTER=toggle

DEST

/K

left

Sets the left (or top) file display in a dual-display Lister to be the destination.

Example: Set DEST=left

 

 

right

Sets the right (or bottom) file display to be the destination.

Example: Set DEST=right

 

 

focus

Sets the file display that currently has the input focus to be the destination.

Example: Set DEST=focus

 

 

toggle

Toggles the state (source/destination) of the left and right file displays.

Example: Set DEST=toggle

DUAL

/K

on

Turns on dual-display mode in the active Lister.

Example: Set DUAL=on

 

 

off

Turns off dual-display mode in the active Lister.

Example: Set DUAL=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles dual-display mode on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set DUAL=toggle

 

 

horiz

Sets dual-display mode to use horizontal layout (one file display above the other). By itself this value will turn dual-display mode on, but you can combine it with toggle to toggle horizontal dual-display on or off. If dual-display mode is already on but the layout is set to vertical, the layout will change to horizontal.

Example: Set DUAL=horiz,toggle

 

 

vert

Sets dual-display mode to use vertical layout (one file display next to the other).

Example: Set DUAL=vert

 

 

togglelayout

Toggles the layout of dual-display mode between horizontal and vertical. If dual-display mode is not currently active this command has no effect.

Example: Set DUAL=togglelayout

 

 

source

When dual-display mode is turned on, the newly opened file display will become the source. This value must be combined with one of the other values that actually causes dual-display mode to be switched on.

Example: Set DUAL=toggle,source

 

 

dest

When dual-display mode is turned on, the newly opened file display will become the destination.

Example: Set DUAL=toggle,dest

 

 

right

When dual-display mode is turned off, it will be the right (or bottom) file display that closes.

Example: Set DUAL=off,right

 

 

left

When dual-display mode is turned off, it will be the left (or top) file display that closes.

Example: Set DUAL=toggle,left

 

 

remember

Use this value with the toggle keyword to cause the second file display to remember its path when it is closed and then opened again. If this isn't specified, the newly opened file display's path will be controlled by the Specify initial folder when switching to dual file display option on the File Displays / Options page in Preferences.

Example: Set DUAL=toggle,horiz,remember

DUALSIZE

/K

<size>[,<size>]

Adjusts the splitter between the dual file displays in the active Lister. If the displays are arranged vertically, the command will affect their widths; if they are arranged horizontally it will affect their heights.

The size is given as a percentage, specifying how much of the available space the first file display should use, with the second file display getting whatever is left.

For example, specify 50 to make both file displays the same size (the same as double-clicking the splitter between them):

Example: Set DUALSIZE 50

As another example, specify 75 to make the first file display use 75% of the space to leave 25% of the space for the second:

Example: Set DUALSIZE 75

It is also possible to specify two sizes to make the command toggle between them. This lets you create a button or hotkey to quickly toggle between giving most of the space to one display and making them equal again.

Example: Set DUALSIZE 75,50

FILTERS

/K

on

Turns both the copy and delete recursive filters for the active Lister.

Example: Set FILTERS=on

 

 

off

Turns both recursive filters off in the active Lister.

Example: Set FILTERS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles both recursive filters on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set FILTERS=toggle

FLATVIEW

/K

on

Turns Flat View mode on in the source file display.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=on

 

 

off

Turns Flat View mode off in the source file display.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles Flat View on or off in the current source file display. If combined with one of the mode keywords (group, mixed, mixednofolders), Flat View will only be turned off if it is currently in the specified mode - otherwise, it will be set to that mode (and turned on if needed).

Example: Set FLATVIEW=toggle,grouped

 

 

toggleoff

Toggles Flat View on or off. Unlike toggle, Flat View will be turned off if it is currently enabled in any mode, even if the mode does not match the specified keyword.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=mixednofolders,toggleoff

 

 

grouped

Sets Flat View to Grouped mode.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=grouped

 

 

mixed

Sets Flat View to Mixed mode.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=toggle,mixed

 

 

mixednofolders

Sets Flat View to Mixed (No Folders) mode.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=mixednofolders,on

FOCUS

/K

left

Sets the input focus to the left-hand file display in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set FOCUS=left

 

 

right

Sets the input focus to the right-hand file display in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set FOCUS=right

 

 

source

Sets the input focus to the current source file display.

Example: Set FOCUS=source

 

 

dest

Sets the input focus to the destination file display.

Example: Set FOCUS=dest

 

 

tree

Sets the input focus to the folder tree. In a dual-display Lister, with dual trees, focus will go to the tree attached to the source file display.

Example: Set FOCUS=tree

 

 

lefttree

Sets the input focus to the left-hand folder tree in a dual-display, dual-tree Lister.

Example: Set FOCUS=lefttree

 

 

righttree

Sets the input focus to the right-hand folder tree in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set FOCUS=righttree

 

 

toggle

Toggles the input focus between the left and right file displays.

Example: Set FOCUS=toggle

FOLDERTREESIZE

/K

<size>[,<size>][,left|right|dest]

Adjusts the size of the folder tree pane in the active Lister. The size is given as an absolute width in pixels. It is possible to specify two separate sizes, and the command will toggle between them. You can also make the command operate on a folder tree other than the one attached to the current source file display by appending the left, right or dest keywords.

Example: Set FOLDERTREESIZE 200,300

FONTSCALE

/K

<absolute factor>

Sets the font scaling in the file display to the specified factor. 100 (meaning 100%) is the baseline level, and represents the actual point size configured on the Display / Colors and Fonts page in Preferences. 200 would represent twice as large, 50 would represent half as large, and so on.

Note that font scaling only applies to Details and Power view modes.

Example:Set FONTSCALE=125

 

 

<relative factor>

Adjusts the font scaling in the file display by the specified delta. Use a positive value to increase the scaling and a negative value to decrease it.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=-10

 

 

<factor1>,<factor2>

Specify two absolute scale factors to create a command that toggles between the two.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=100,150

 

 

left

Scales the font in the left-hand file display, whether it is the source or not.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=50,left

 

 

right

Scales the font in the right-hand file display.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=right,-25

 

 

dest

Scales the font in the destination file display.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=dest,+50

 

 

both

Scales the font in both the left and right file displays.

Example: Set FONTSCALE=50,125,both

FORMAT

/K

<format>

Applies the named favorite folder format to the current source file display. The format must have been previously created through the Folders / Folder Formats Preferences page.

Example: Set FORMAT "Photo Viewing"

 

 

!custom

Applies the Custom folder format to the current source file display.

Example: Set FORMAT !custom

 

 

!default

Applies the default folder format type for the current path in the source file display. For example, if the current path is a network drive, the Network Drives format would be applied.

Example: Set FORMAT=!default

 

 

!folder

Finds and applies a folder format by using the same rules as when the folder was initially loaded. This gives you the same folder format as going out of the current directory and back into it again. See the Folders / Folder Formats Preferences page for a description of the rules applied when Opus chooses a folder format for a path.

Example: Set FORMAT !folder

FORMATLOCK

/K

on

Turns the format lock on in the current Lister.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=on

 

 

off

Turns the format lock off in the current Lister.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the format lock on or off in the current Lister. This command can replace the padlock icon in the default status bar.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=toggle

 

 

left

Applies the format lock to only the left (or top) file display in a dual-display Lister. This offers more flexibility than the padlock icon in the status bar - the padlock icon applies to the Lister as a whole, where as using this command lets you set the format lock on or off for individual file displays.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=toggle,left

 

 

right

Applies the format lock to only the right (or bottom) file display.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=toggle,right

 

 

source

Applies the format lock to only the source file display in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=toggle,source

 

 

dest

Applies the format lock to only the destination file display.

Example: Set FORMATLOCK=toggle,dest

FTPMODE

/K

ascii

Sets the file transfer mode for the current FTP connection to ASCII. This command has no effect if the source file display is not currently viewing a remote FTP site.

Example: Set FTPMODE=ascii

 

 

binary

Sets the transfer mode to binary for the current FTP connection.

Example: Set FTPMODE=binary

 

 

auto

Automatically selects the transfer mode based on the file type being transferred.

Example: Set FTPMODE=auto

FULLROWSELECT

/K

on

Turns full-row selection on. There are separate full-row settings in Preferences for both power (File Display Modes / Power Mode) and details (File Display Modes / Details) view modes, and by default this command will affect the setting for the current view mode in the source file display. You can use the other keywords for this argument to control which view mode is affected.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=on

 

 

off

Turns full-row selection off.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles full-row selection on or off.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=toggle

 

 

display

Affects the Always highlight full row option in Preferences for the specified view mode. This flag lets the full row be highlighted, but only the filename is active for selection.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=display,toggle

 

 

select

Use with the display keyword to toggle between the two modes (full-row selection, and full-row display).

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=display,select

 

 

power

Only affects the setting for Power mode, irrespective of the current view mode.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=toggle,power

 

 

details

Only affects the setting for details mode.

Example: Set FULLROWSELECT=display,select,details

GLOBALHIDEFILENAME

/O

(no value)

Clears the Global hide filter filename filter (on the Folders / Folder Display page in Preferences).

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFILENAME

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the Global hide filter filename filter to the specified wildcard pattern.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFILENAME "(desktop.ini|*.db)"

GLOBALHIDEFILTER

/K

on

Turns the Enable global wildcard filters option on (on the Folders / Folder Display page in Preferences).

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFILTER on

 

 

off

Turns the Enable global wildcard filters option off.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFILTER off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Enable global wildcard filters option on or off.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFILTER=toggle

GLOBALHIDEFOLDERS

/O

(no value)

Clears the Global hide filter folder filter (on the Folders / Folder Display page in Preferences).

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFOLDERS

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the Global hide filter folder filter to the specified wildcard pattern.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEFOLDERS .svn

GLOBALHIDEHIDDEN

/K

on

Turns the global Hide hidden files option on (on the Folders / Folder Display page in Preferences).

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEHIDDEN on

 

 

off

Turns the global Hide hidden files option off.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEHIDDEN off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the global Hide hidden files option on or off.

Example: Set GLOBALHIDEHIDDEN=toggle

GRIDLINES

/K

on

Turns grid lines on in the current file display (only visible in power or details view modes). This command overrides the settings in Preferences (on either the File Display Modes / Power Mode or File Display Modes / Details pages), but changes are only applicable to the current source file display - the global Preferences settings are not modified.

Example: Set GRIDLINES on

 

 

off

Turns grid lines off in the current file display.

Example: Set GRIDLINES off

 

 

toggle

Toggles grid lines on or off in the current file display. If the reset keyword is also given, the command will toggle between the grid lines specified in the command line, and the current Preferences settings.

Example: Set GRIDLINES=toggle

 

 

reset

Resets the grid lines settings in the current file display to those defined in Preferences. You can combine this with the toggle keyword to toggle between the Preferences settings and another set of custom settings.

Example: Set GRIDLINES=reset,toggle,solid

 

 

<style>

Sets grid lines to use the specified style. Use this keyword in conjunction with the on, off or toggle keywords to control which style is displayed by the command.

Supported styles are solid, alternate, dot, dash, dashdot, dashdotdot and fill. Note that solid indicates a solid unbroken (single pixel line), whereas fill indicates a solid color fill of alternating colors the height of each row.

Example: Set GRIDLINES=toggle,solid

 

 

color=<color>

Sets the color of the grid lines. <color> can be specified in either decimal format (rrr,ggg,bbb) or hex format (#rrggbb). Because the color= keyword contains an equals sign, you must enclose the whole value for the GRIDLINES argument in quotes to avoid confusing the command parser.

Example: Set GRIDLINES "toggle,fill,color=#ff8000"

 

 

opacity=<opacity>

Sets the opacity of the gridlines. <opacity> must be a value from 1 (nearly transparent) to 100 (solid). Because the opacity= keyword contains an equals sign, you must enclose the whole value for the GRIDLINES argument in quotes to avoid confusing the command parser.

Example: Set GRIDLINES "toggle,solid,color=#808080,opacity=50"

GROUPBY

/K

<column>

Groups the current file display by the specified column. The value must be one of the valid column keywords.

As well as the column keywords, GROUPBY recognizes the special keyword synonyms accessed, created, date, disksize, ext, modified, path and size. This lets you group by date, size or path without needing to know the exact column that is displayed (e.g. the column could be size, sizekb or sizerel - but the sorting is the same in all cases, and Set GROUPBY=size would work for any column). 

The GROUPBY argument also recognizes the special keywords dupes and cdstage. These do not correspond with columns, and are only valid in certain folders.

Set GROUPBY=dupes can only be used in a file collection that has been used as the target of a Duplicate Files search (to group the list by the duplicate file groups found), and Set GROUPBY=cdstage can only be used on a recordable CD/DVD to group the list into files waiting to be burned and files already on the disk.

Example: Set GROUPBY=picsize

Within the Lister Column Header Context Menu, you can use %header% to refer to the column which was right-clicked.

Example: Set GROUPBY=%header%,toggle

 

 

toggle

Toggles grouping by the specified column on or off. Note that the column name must come first.

Example: Set GROUPBY=picsize,toggle

 

 

off

Turns grouping off in the current file display.

Example: Set GROUPBY=off

 

 

grouplist

When used on a toolbar or menu, the command will turn into a dynamic list of available columns which can be grouped by.

Example: Set GROUPBY=grouplist

GROUPFOLDERSATTOP

/K

on

Turns on the Keep folders at top when grouped option in the current file display.

Example: Set GROUPFOLDERSATTOP=on

 

 

off

Turns off the Keep folders at top when grouped option.

Example: Set GROUPFOLDERSATTOP=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Keep folders at top when grouped option on or off in the current file display.

Example: Set GROUPFOLDERSATTOP=toggle

GROUPREVERSE

/K

on

Reverses the direction of grouping in the current file display. The actual order of the groups is reversed, not the order of files within the groups.

Example: Set GROUPREVERSE=on GROUPBY=picsize

 

 

off

Turns reverse grouping off.

Example: Set GROUPREVERSE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles reverse grouping on or off in the current file display.

Example: Set GROUPREVERSE=toggle

HIDE

/S

(no value)

Hides any Set command toolbar button that would ordinarily be disabled because the function is not available. This argument does nothing on its own - it is only used in conjunction with other Set command arguments.

For example, the command Set FTPMODE=ascii would normally be disabled on the toolbar when not currently in an FTP folder, but the command Set FTPMODE=ascii HIDE would cause the button to be removed from the toolbar instead of just being disabled.

Example: Set FLATVIEW=toggle,grouped HIDE

HIDEFILTERATTR

/O

(no value)

Clears the attributes hide filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Hide Filter / Attributes.

Example: Set HIDEFILTERATTR

 

 

<attributes>

Sets the attributes hide filter in the source file display. Files that have all the specified attributes set will be hidden from the display of the current folder.

The <attributes> value is one or more of the following letters: R (read-only), A (archive), H (hidden), S (system), E (encrypted), C (compressed).

Example: Set HIDEFILTERATTR hs

HIDEFILTERFILENAME

/O

(no value)

Clears the filename hide filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Hide Filter / Filename.

Example: Set HIDEFILTERFILENAME

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the filename hide filter in the source file display to the specified wildcard pattern. Files that match the pattern will be hidden from the display of the current folder.

Example: Set HIDEFILTERFILENAME *.(jpg|bmp|png|gif)

HIDEFILTERFOLDERS

/O

(no value)

Clears the folders hide filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Hide Filter / Folders.

Example: Set HIDEFILTERFOLDERS

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the folders hide filter in the source file display to the specified wildcard pattern. Folders whose name matches the pattern will be hidden from the display of the current folder.

Example: Set HIDEFILTERFOLDERS .svn

HIDESYSTEMFILES

/K

on

Turns on the Hide protected operating system files option on the Folders / Folder Display page in Preferences. This option causes all files and folders with both the H (hidden) and S (system) attributes to be hidden.

Example: Set HIDESYSTEMFILES on

 

 

off

Turns off the Hide protected operating system files option.

Example: Set HIDESYSTEMFILES=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Hide protected operating system files option on or off.

Example: Set HIDESYSTEMFILES=toggle

ICONS

/K

on

Enables the display of icons in power and details view modes in the current file display. This overrides the setting on the appropriate page in Preferences (File Display Modes / Details or File Display Modes / Power Mode).

Example: Set ICONS=on

 

 

off

Turns off the display of icons in power and details modes for the current file display.

Example: Set ICONS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the display of icons in power and details modes.

Example: Set ICONS=toggle

 

 

reset

Resets the icon display to the current Preferences settings.

Example: Set ICONS=reset

INVERT

/S

(no value)

Inverts the appearance of toolbar buttons that appear highlighted (or checked) when the Set option they control is currently on.

For example, a command like Set TREE=toggle will appear highlighted on the toolbar when the folder tree is displayed. Changing the command to Set TREE=toggle INVERT would cause the toolbar button to appear highlighted when the tree is not displayed.

Example: Set HIDESYSTEMFILES=toggle INVERT

KEEPFOLDERSALPHA

/K

on

Turns the Keep folders sorted alphabetically option on in the source file display. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set KEEPFOLDERSALPHA=on

 

 

off

Turns the Keep folders sorted alphabetically option off.

Example: Set KEEPFOLDERSALPHA off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the state of the Keep folders sorted alphabetically option.

Example: Set KEEPFOLDERSALPHA=toggle

LAYOUT

/K

remember

Remembers the current layout and appearance of the active Lister.

Example: Set LAYOUT=remember

 

 

restore

Restores the previously remembered layout and appearance of the active Lister. For example, if you run the Set LAYOUT=remember command, and then make changes to the Lister like closing the tree, opening the viewer pane, or selecting a new style, the Set LAYOUT=restore command would restore the Lister to its original state.

Example: Set LAYOUT=restore

LISTERCMD

/K

minimize

Minimizes the currently active Lister window.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=minimize

 

 

maximize

Maximizes the currently active Lister window.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=maximize

 

 

restore

Restores the original size and position of the window (before it was either minimized or maximized).

Example: Set LISTERCMD=restore

 

 

togglemaximize

If the current Lister window is not maximized, it will be maximized, otherwise it will be restored. You could use this to add a hotkey that switches a Lister in and out of "full-screen" mode.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=togglemaximize

 

 

showall

Makes all currently open Listers visible. Minimized windows will be restored, and all Lister windows will come to the front.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=showall

 

 

minimizeall

Minimizes all currently open Listers.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=minimizeall

 

 

tileh

Tiles all currently open Listers horizontally across the screen.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=tileh

 

 

tilev

Tiles all Listers vertically across the screen.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=tilev

 

 

cascade

Cascades all Lister windows. All windows are made the same size and positioned staggered diagonally down and across the screen.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=cascade

 

 

toggleminimizeall

Minimizes all currently open Lister windows. If all windows are already minimized they will all be restored.

Example: Set LISTERCMD=toggleminimizeall

LISTERPOS

/K

<x>,<y>

Sets the position of the active Lister to the specified x and y coordinates.

Example: Set LISTERPOS=500,200

LISTERSIZE

/K

<w>,<h>

Sets the size of the currently active Lister to the specified width and height.

Example: Set LISTERSIZE=1024,768

LISTERTITLE

/O

(no value)

Resets the title of the current Lister back to its default.

Example: Set LISTERTITLE

 

 

<custom title>

Sets a custom title for the currently active Lister. You can use several special "tokens" in the title string to insert various pieces of information:

        %P - full path of the current (source) folder
        %N - name of the current (source) folder
        %R - drive root of the current (source) folder
        %D - full path of the destination folder
        %M - name of the destination folder
        %L - name of the Layout the Lister came from (if any)
        %T - complete original title (useful for simply adding a prefix or suffix)

Example:Set LISTERTITLE "Directory Opus - %N"

METAPANE

/K

on

Turns the metadata pane on in the currently active Lister.

Example: Set METAPANE=on

 

 

off

Turns the metadata pane off in the active Lister.

Example: Set METAPANE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the metadata pane on or off.

Example: Set METAPANE=toggle

 

 

horiz

Forces the metadata pane to horizontal layout when it is opened.

Example: Set METAPANE=toggle,horiz

 

 

vert

Specifies vertical layout for the metadata pane.

Example: Set METAPANE=on,vert

 

 

togglelayout

Toggles the layout of the metadata pane between vertical and horizontal.

Example: Set METAPANE=togglelayout

METAPANESIZE

/K

<size>[,<size>]

Adjusts the size of the metadata pane in the active Lister. The size is given as a percentage of the total size of the Lister, and applies in the appropriate dimension based on the current layout of the metadata pane (so for example, when the pane is horizontal this affects its height).

It is also possible to specify two separate sizes, and the command will toggle between them.

Example: Set METAPANESIZE 25,50

NAVLOCK

/K

on

Turns navigation lock on in the current Lister. This command is only available if the Lister is in dual-display mode.

Example: Set NAVLOCK=on

 

 

off

Turns navigation lock off in the active Lister.

Example: Set NAVLOCK=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles navigation lock on or off in the active Lister. 

Example: Set NAVLOCK=toggle

QUICKFILTER

/O

(no value)

Clears the "quick filter" pattern in the current source file display. This is the same filter edited by the Filter Bar. Note that this does not clear the QUICKFILTERFLAGS value, and so it's possible that files may remain filtered out even after the filter pattern is cleared. Use the QUICKFILTERCLEAR argument to clear the quick filter completely.

Example: Set QUICKFILTER

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the quick filter in the current source file display to the specified wildcard pattern. This is the same filter edited by the Filter Bar. Files that do not match the pattern will be hidden from the display.

Example: Set QUICKFILTER *.jpg

 

 

!prev

Restores the previous quick filter in the current file display. By default the quick filter is cleared when changing folders (although this can be changed with the Clear Quick filter automatically when changing folders option on the File Displays / Filter Bar page in Preferences). For example, you could assign a hotkey to restore the previous filter after having gone into a sub-directory and then back again to the parent.

Example: Set QUICKFILTER=!prev

QUICKFILTERCLEAR

/S

(no value)

Clears the quick filter in the current source file display. Both the filter pattern and the flags are cleared. This does not affect filtering caused by folder options or the global filters in Preferences.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERCLEAR

QUICKFILTERFLAGS

/O

(no value)

Clears the quick filter flags in the current source file display. The flags are as listed below. Clearing the flags does not clear the filter pattern, so it's possible that files may remain filtered out even after the flags are cleared. Use the QUICKFILTERCLEAR argument to clear the quick filter completely.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS

 

 

showfiles

Shows all files, even if they are hidden by the filter pattern. This does not override folder format or global filters.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS=showfiles

 

 

showdirs

Shows all folders, even if they are hidden by the filter pattern.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS=showdirs QUICKFILTER a*

 

 

hidefiles

Hides all files.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS=hidefiles

 

 

hidedirs

Hides all folders.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS=hidedirs

 

 

disable

Temporarily disables the quick filter, leaving the filter pattern intact.

Example: Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS=disable

READONLY

/K

on

Makes the current file display read-only. Currently this is only supported by Zip archives. When the file display is marked as read-only, attempts to modify the contents of the current Zip archive will fail. This command has no affect when not viewing a Zip archive.

Example: Set READONLY=on

 

 

off

Clears the read-only flag from the current file display. The Open Zip files as read-only by default option on the Zip & Other Archives / Zip Files page in Preferences can make Zip archives read-only by default, and you can then use this command to make them writeable.

Example: Set READONLY=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the read-only flag on or off in the current file display.

Example: Set READONLY=TOGGLE

RELDIMENSIONOVERLAYS

/K

on

Turns the display of thumbnails-mode relative dimension bars on. This modifies the Overlay relative dimension bars option on the File Display Modes / Thumbnails page in Preferences. As this is a global setting, all currently open Listers will be affected.

Example:Set RELDIMENSIONOVERLAYS=on

 

 

off

Turns the display of thumbnails-mode relative dimension bars off.

Example: Set RELDIMENSIONOVERLAYS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the display of thumbnails-mode relative dimension bars on or off.

Example: Set RELDIMENSIONOVERLAYS=toggle

SHOWCOMPATIBILITYFILES

/K

on

Turns the Show compatibility files option on in the source file display. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder. See the section on Compatibility Files for more information about this concept.

Example: Set SHOWCOMPATIBILITYFILES=on

 

 

off

Turns the Show compatibility files option off in the source file display.

Example: Set SHOWCOMPATIBILITYFILES=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Show compatibility files option on or off.

Example: Set SHOWCOMPATIBILITYFILES=toggle

SHOWFILTERATTR

/O

(no value)

Clears the attributes show filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Show Filter / Attributes.

Example: Set SHOWFILTERATTR

 

 

<attributes>

Sets the attributes show filter in the source file display. Only files that have the specified attributes set will be displayed - all others will be hidden.

The <attributes> value is one or more of the following letters: R (read-only), A (archive), H (hidden), S (system), E (encrypted), C (compressed).

Example: Set SHOWFILTERATTR e

SHOWFILTERFILENAME

/O

(no value)

Clears the filename show filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Show Filter / Filename.

Example: Set SHOWFILTERFILENAME

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the filename show filter in the source file display to the specified wildcard pattern. Only files that match the pattern will be shown - all other files will be hidden from the display.

Example: Set SHOWFILTERFILENAME *.(doc|xls)

SHOWFILTERFOLDERS

/O

(no value)

Clears the folders show filter in the source file display. This modifies the folder options for the current folder - the equivalent setting in the Folder Options dialog is Filters / Show Filter / Folders.

Example: Set SHOWFILTERFOLDERS

 

 

<pattern>

Sets the folders show filter in the source file display to the specified wildcard pattern. Only folders whose name matches the pattern will be shown - all other folders will be hidden from the display.

Example: Set SHOWFILTERFOLDERS "* Reports *"

SORTBY

/K

<column>, ...

Sorts the current file display by the specified column. The value must be one of the valid column keywords, and the column must also be displayed in the file display.

As well as the column keywords, SORTBY recognizes the special keyword synonyms accessed, created, date, disksize, ext, modified, path and size. This lets you sort by date, size or path without needing to know the exact column that is displayed (e.g. the column could be size, sizekb or sizerel - but the sorting is the same in all cases, and Set SORTBY=size would work for any column).

It is possible to sort the list by multiple columns, by specifying more than one comma-separated keyword. You can also specify that the sort order for a particular column should be reversed by prefixing its keyword with a hyphen.

Example: Set SORTBY=picsize,-modified

 

 

sortlist

When used on a toolbar or menu, the command will turn into a dynamic list of available columns which can be sorted by.

Example: Set SORTBY=sortlist

SORTNAMEEXTSEPARATELY

/K

on

Turns the Sort name and extension separately option on in the source file display. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set SORTNAMEEXTSEPARATELY=on

 

 

off

Turns the Sort name and extension separately option off.

Example: Set SORTNAMEEXTSEPARATELY=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Sort name and extension separately option on or off in the current file display.

Example: Set SORTNAMEEXTSEPARATELY=toggle

SORTNUMERIC

/K

on

Turns the Numeric order filename sorting option on in the source file display. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set SORTNUMERIC=on

 

 

off

Turns the Numeric order filename sorting option off.

Example: Set SORTNUMERIC=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Numeric order filename sorting option on or off in the current file display.

Example: Set SORTNUMERIC=toggle

SORTORDER

/K

folders

Changes the sort order in the source file display so that folders are listed before files. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set SORTORDER=folders

 

 

files

Lists files before folders in the current file display.

Example: Set SORTORDER=files

 

 

mixed

Sorts files and folders together in the current file display.

Example: Set SORTORDER=mixed

 

 

cycle

Cycles through the three different ordering options in the current file display.

Example: Set SORTORDER=cycle

SORTREVERSE

/K

on

Reverses the sort order in the current file display. If the list is only sorted by one column, the direction of that column sort is reversed. If multiple columns are selected for sorting, their directions are not altered but the overall result is reversed as the final step in the sorting.

This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set SORTREVERSE=on

 

 

off

Turns the reverse sort flag off for the current folder, restoring the sort order to normal.

Example: Set SORTREVERSE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles reverse sort on or off in the current folder.

Example: Set SORTREVERSE=toggle

 

 

togglesmart

Toggles reverse sort on or off in the current folder. If used with the SORTBY argument on the same command line, this argument operates slightly differently to toggle. If the column specified for SORTBY is already sorted, the sort order will be reversed, but if the specified column is not already sorted, the sort order will not be reversed.

To illustrate this, imagine the list is currently sorted forwards by name, and the command Set SORTBY=size SORTREVERSE=toggle is run multiple times. The resulting sort orders after each iteration would be:

  1. Sorted by name, forwards
  2. Sorted by size, backwards
  3. Sorted by size, forwards

 

Contrast this with the command Set SORTBY=size SORTREVERSE=togglesmart:

  1. Sorted by name, forwards
  2. Sorted by size, forwards
  3. Sorted by size, backwards


Example: Set SORTBY=desc SORTREVERSE=togglesmart

SORTWORDS

/K

on

Turns the Word sort option on in the source file display. This modifies the Folder Options for the current folder.

Example: Set SORTWORDS=on

 

 

off

Turns off the Word sort option in the source file display.

Example: Set SORTWORDS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Word sort option in the current folder.

Example: Set SORTWORDS=toggle

SOUNDS

/K

on

Turns on the Enable Sound Events option on the Miscellaneous / Sounds page in Preferences.

Example: Set SOUNDS=on

 

 

off

Turns off the Enable Sound Events option.

Example: Set SOUNDS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the Enable Sound Events option on or off.

Example: Set SOUNDS=toggle

SOURCE

/K

left

Sets the left (or top) file display in a dual-display Lister to be the source.

Example: Set SOURCE=left

 

 

right

Sets the right (or bottom) file display to be the source.

Example: Set SOURCE=right

 

 

focus

Sets the file display that currently has the input focus to be the source.

Example: Set SOURCE=focus

 

 

toggle

Toggles the state (source/destination) of the left and right file displays.

Example: Set SOURCE=toggle

STATE

/K

source

Sets the currently active Lister to be the source. When a Lister becomes the source, the previous source (if any) becomes the destination, and the previous destination (if any) is turned off. In a dual-display Lister, this command has no effect, because the currently active file display is by definition already the source.

Example: Set STATE=source

 

 

dest

Sets the currently active Lister to be the destination. In a dual-display Lister, this is equivalent to Set SOURCE=toggle - the source will become the destination and vice versa.

Example: Set STATE=dest

 

 

lockoff

Locks the active Lister as off. When a Lister is locked off, clicking in it will not make it the source or destination - only another Set STATE command can unlock it. This command has no effect in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set STATE=lockoff

STATUSBAR

/K

on

Turns the status bar on in the active Lister.

Example: Set STATUSBAR=on

 

 

off

Turns the status bar off in the active Lister.

Example: Set STATUSBAR=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the status bar on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set STATUSBAR=toggle

THUMBNAILLABELS

/K

on

Turns the display of thumbnail labels on. This is a global setting - it modifies the state of the Display labels option on the File Display Modes / Thumbnails page in Preferences.

Example: Set THUMBNAILLABELS=on

 

 

off

Turns thumbnail labels off.

Example: Set THUMBNAILLABELS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles thumbnail labels on or off.

Example: Set THUMBNAILLABELS=toggle

THUMBNAILRATINGS

/K

on

Turns the thumbnail overlay of rating stars on or off. This is a global setting - it modifies the state of the Overlay rating option on the File Display Modes / Thumbnails page in Preferences.

Example: Set THUMBNAILRATINGS=on 

 

 

off

Turns the ratings overlay off.

Example: Set THUMBNAILRATINGS=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the ratings overlay on or off.

Example: Set THUMBNAILRATINGS=toggle

TREE

/K

on

Turns the folder tree on in the active Lister. In a dual-display Lister, the Open second Folder Tree in dual display mode option on the Folder Tree / Options page in Preferences controls whether a second tree opens automatically - if that option is off, you can use the dual keyword to force a second tree to open as well.

Example: Set TREE=on

 

 

off

Turns the folder tree off in the active Lister.

Example: Set TREE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the folder tree on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set TREE=toggle

 

 

left

Controls the left (or top) folder tree in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set TREE=left,toggle

 

 

right

Controls the right (or bottom) folder tree in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Set TREE=right,toggle

 

 

dual

In a dual-display Lister, controls both trees at once.

Example: Set TREE=dual,toggle

 

 

source

Controls the folder tree that "belongs" to the source file display.

Example: Set TREE=source,on

 

 

dest

Controls the folder tree that belongs to the destination file display.

Example: Set TREE=dest,toggle

TREESHOWPATHTOSEL

/K

on

Turns the folder tree's Highlight path to selected folder option on. This is a global setting and so affects all Listers. When turned on, the additional options on the Folder Tree / Appearance Preferences page apply.

Example: Set TREESHOWPATHTOSEL=on

 

 

off

Turns tree path highlighting off.

Example: Set TREESHOWPATHTOSEL=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles tree path highlighting on or off.

Example:Set TREESHOWPATHTOSEL=toggle

TREEROOT

/K

<location>

Rebuilds the folder tree for the current source folder so that it is rooted at the specified location. The folder you specify will appear at the top of the tree, and the file display will change to show the root folder (unless it's already displaying a folder underneath that root).

Example: Set TREEROOT "C:\Program Files"

 

 

reset

Resets the root of the folder tree to the root specified by the Start Folder Tree at option the Folder Tree / Options page in Preferences.

Example: Set TREEROOT=reset

UTILITY

/K

find

Displays the utility panel in Find Files mode.

Example: Set UTILITY=find

 

 

sync

Displays the utility panel in Synchronize mode.

Example: Set UTILITY=sync

 

 

dupe

Displays the utility panel in Duplicate File Finder mode.

Example: Set UTILITY=dupe

 

 

undo

Displays the utility panel showing the undo list (file operations that can be undone).

Example: Set UTILITY=undo

 

 

filelog

Displays the utility panel showing the file operations log.

Example: Set UTILITY=filelog

 

 

ftplog

Displays the utility panel showing the FTP logs.

Example: Set UTILITY=ftplog

 

 

otherlog

Displays the utility panel showing the "other logs" page.

Example: Set UTILITY=otherlog

 

 

email

Displays the utility panel showing the outgoing email log.

Example: Set UTILITY=email

 

 

on

Turns the utility panel on in the active Lister.

Example: Set UTILITY=on

 

 

off

Turns the utility panel off.

Example: Set UTILITY=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the utility panel on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set UTILITY=ftplog,toggle

VIEW

/K

<mode>[,<mode>]

Changes the view mode in the current file display. The valid mode keywords are largeicons, smallicons, list, details, power, thumbnails and tiles.

You can specify two different view modes to create a command that toggles from one mode to the other. With this usage, you can append an asterisk (*) to the view mode keyword to specify that the button should appear highlighted when in that mode.

The cycle keyword can be used to cycle through more than two modes.

Example: Set VIEW=details,thumbnails*

 

 

cycle

Cycles through the view modes. If used by itself, this will cycle through all the available view modes - otherwise, combine with the appropriate view mode keywords to create a command that cycles through specific modes.

Example: Set VIEW=largeicons,smallicons,details,cycle

VIEWPANE

/K

on

Turns the viewer pane on in the currently active Lister.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=on

 

 

off

Turns the viewer pane off in the active Lister.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=off

 

 

toggle

Toggles the viewer pane on or off in the active Lister.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=toggle

 

 

horiz

Forces the viewer pane to horizontal layout when it is opened.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=toggle,horiz

 

 

vert

Specifies vertical layout for the viewer pane.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=on,vert

 

 

togglelayout

Toggles the layout of the viewer pane between vertical and horizontal.

Example: Set VIEWPANE=togglelayout

VIEWPANESIZE

/K

<size>[,<size>]

Adjusts the size of the viewer pane in the active Lister. The size is given as a percentage of the total size of the Lister, and applies in the appropriate dimension based on the current layout of the viewer pane (so for example, when the pane is horizontal this affects its height).

It is also possible to specify two separate sizes, and the command will toggle between them.

Example: Set VIEWPANESIZE 25,50