File Display Options

This page contains various options that let you adjust the behavior of File Displays.

• Allow file selection when clicking to activate Lister: If a Lister is not the active window, clicking on a file display to activate it can have the unintended consequence of altering the file selection state. Turn this option off to prevent a click that activates the Lister from selecting or deselecting files.
• Allow drag and drop into sub-folders: Normally when you drag a file over a sub-folder you can drop it to move or copy it to that folder. If you turn this option off, sub-folders won't appear as drop targets unless you are also holding down the Shift (to move), Control (to copy) or Alt (to make a shortcut) keys. This can be useful if, for example, you have trouble with drag and drop due to physical disability - there's nothing worse than seeing a file vanish into an unknown sub-folder because you dropped it on it accidentally.
• Automatically select first file in folder: When navigating to a new folder, this option causes the first item in the list to be selected automatically. This option does not apply to Power mode file displays - there is a separate option for them on the Power Mode page.
• Double-click on file display background: Lets you configure what happens when you double-click the left mouse button on a blank area of the file display. You can choose Go to parent folder, or run a User command that you have previously defined.
• Enable file InfoTips: InfoTips are the "tooltips" that appear when hovering over files and folders with the mouse. This option lets you enable or disable their display, and also choose for which display modes and which types of drives they appear. For example, you may not want them to appear when on a network folder or FTP site. The Keyboard delay option lets you display InfoTips when using Opus with the keyboard - if you hold the Control key down for the configured length of time, the InfoTip for the item with focus will be displayed.
• Enable "slide-out" navigation buttons: If you turn this option on, Opus will display tiny navigation buttons that slide out from the corners and/or sides of the file display when you hover the mouse there for the specified time. These buttons let you go up, back and forwards without having to move the mouse all the way up to the toolbar at the top of the Lister.
• Reset focus entry when sorting file list: Normally when you re-sort the file list by clicking on a column header (in Details mode), the input focus is kept on the same file, even if the file changes position in the list. With this option turned on, input focus is maintained at the same relative position (so for example, if the fifth file down had input focus before you sorted the list, the fifth file down - whatever it is - will still have it afterwards).
• Set new window to source when switching to dual file display: When you switch a Lister into dual display mode, this option causes the newly opened file display to become the source, and the original file display the destination.
• Single click to open an item: This option activates "single-click" mode. In this mode, you select files by hovering over them with the mouse, and open files or folders by single-clicking them, like links on a web page.
• Smooth scrolling: This option enables smooth scrolling of file displays.
• Specify initial folder when switching to dual file display: Normally when you switch a Lister into dual display mode, the folder that was already open is opened in the second file display. This option lets you specify a specific folder that will be the default for the newly opened display (so you could, for instance, always have the second file display open to display the Desktop).
• Use tab key to switch source/destination in dual-display Listers: Normally pressing the Tab key in a Lister moves the focus through the various elements of the Lister. If this option is on then and the lister is in dual display mode then the Tab key simply switches the source and destination states of the two displays; it doesn't move the focus to any other element.