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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: quick clipboard copy button

« on: May 30, 2006, 09:53:41 AM »

The fact that the bold entry is itself a sub-menu got me confused. Default actions in context menus usually are not sub-menus.

yes, i know, do you have a suggestion about it?

I can't tell if you were sarcastic but in case you weren't then maybe it would be less confusing if the "Copy URL" bold menu entry was a command/action and there would be another entry below it, say, "Copy URL options" being the sub-menu that it is now.

You can also place the standard Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut next to the "Copy URL" menu command to make it really windows-like .

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: quick clipboard copy button

« on: May 29, 2006, 09:50:59 AM »

Could you add a small button that copies the URL of the selected file to the clipboard?

many users don't know that bold in menus is the standard way in Windows to tell that that is the default function.
this to say that if you just double click on a file, it will copy the url.

Fair enough. Exactly what I wanted. The fact that the bold entry is itself a sub-menu got me confused. Default actions in context menus usually are not sub-menus.

be nice if it handled multiple selections (which are enabled already in HFS) and construct a string of URLs separated by line feeds for instance and copy it to clipboard. It would make it easier to copy and paste multiple URLs in your IM chat window with your friends (just an example).

yes, interesting feature.
while i implement it, did you notice the "file list" feature, as adviced by ANTS ?

Yes, I know about the "file list" link. However, the "file list" link is something very different from what I described and it doesn't work in all cases: it has to be a directory and the directory has to be browsable in order to get the file listing and the "file list" link to click on. Then you'd have to open your browser, point it to that link, click on "file list" and copy the string to clipboard. I was talking about a multiple selection of random or all entries in HFS (may they be folders or/and files) with ctrl+click or shift+click and have the URLs corresponding to them copied to clipboard separated by LF or CR+LF. This could be achieved either by an entry in the context menu for the multiple selected entries or by a separate "copy" button that may reside next to the "browse" button that is already present.

Thanks for considering the suggestion

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / quick clipboard copy button

« on: May 28, 2006, 05:38:02 PM »

Hello,

First off, huge congrats for this wonderful piece of software ... simply amazing!

A suggestion towards making lazy users' (like me) life even easier. Could you add a small button that copies the URL of the selected file to the clipboard? It could be placed near the existing "Browse" button for instance. It would be nice if it handled multiple selections (which are enabled already in HFS) and construct a string of URLs separated by line feeds for instance and copy it to clipboard. It would make it easier to copy and paste multiple URLs in your IM chat window with your friends (just an example).

To push things even further, you could add a small "copy to clipboard button" next to each entry in the file/folder listing of HFS. That way you won't even have to select the respective entry, you would just click the "copy" button then to copy to clipboard.

My two cents worth of suggestions ...