Navigation
There are many ways you can navigate (that is, move from one folder to
another) in a Lister, including:
- You can double-click a folder in the current location to enter it. You can
also enter a folder by right-clicking on it and choosing Open
from the context menu, or from the keyboard by using the cursor keys
to select it and then pressing the Enter key.
- The Up, Forward
and Back buttons: The default Location toolbar
contains buttons that can move you up in the folder hierarchy, back to the
previous folder or forward to the next folder.
- The Folder
Tree: You can change folder by simply clicking on a new folder in
the tree (you can also navigate via the tree using the keyboard cursor keys).
- File Display
border: When a Lister is in dual-display mode (or, single display
mode with the appropriate option turned on), a
border is displayed at the top that contains a number of buttons for
navigation.
- The
Breadcrumbs location field: The default Location
toolbar contains a field known as the 'breadcrumbs location field'.
This displays your current location as "breadcrumbs" that indicate the path
from the desktop to your current folder. Each "crumb" in the path is active
and can be clicked or expanded. You can also type into this bar in order to
navigate to a folder using the keyboard.
- Favorites:
You can add folders to a list of your favorite locations - navigating to these
folders is simply a matter of selecting them from the drop-down menu.
- SmartFavorites: If enabled, the
SmartFavorites system attempts to learn your most commonly
used locations automatically. A list of these locations is then displayed in
the drop-down Favorites menu.
- Recent and
History Lists: Opus maintains two lists of your recently used
locations, that you can use to instantly go back to a folder you were recently
in. One (the Recent list) is global to the program, and the
other (the History list) is local to a file display.
- Aliases: You
can define aliases that reference a folder by a simple name - you can then
navigate to an aliased folder by typing its name into the location field.