File Display Options

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

• 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.
• 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.
• Hover to switch source/destination state: Hovering the mouse cursor over a file display for the specified time (in milliseconds) will set it as the source.
• Reset focus entry when sorting file list: Turn this on if you don't want the file display to scroll when you change how it is sorted (e.g. by clicking a column header). With this option off, sorting causes the file display to scroll so the file which had focus before the change remains visible in its new position. With this option on, the file display does not scroll and instead gives focus to whichever file ends up in where the previous file with focus was. If the file with focus had been scrolled out of view before the change, it will be ignored and focus will reset to the top visible item. As an example, if you scroll to the top of the file display, click the 5th item down, then sort by date: If the option is on, you will still be at the top of the file display, and focus will be on whatever is the new 5th item down. If the option is off, focus will be on the same file as before and the file display will scroll to ensure it is still visible.
• 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.
• 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). The new Tab group option lets you configure a tab group to be opened automatically when switching to dual display mode (instead of just a folder).
• 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.