DropIt

[Leif]

In a next release I'm considering to remove special actions and integrate them as normal actions, naming them: Shortcut, Playlist, Clipboard.. I'd like to know your opinion about it, also because they are not verbs (as other actions) and could badly sound together.. but on the other hand it may simplifies and extends their use..

In my opinion a very good idea. I didn't know about the playlist feature until I read the Guide. And who reads Guides? So very easy to miss good features if they are "hidden away".
They are not verbs but couldn't you just add a verb in front of them? "Make shortcuts" etc.

[Lupo73]

I'm agree with you.. I could use "Create Shortcut" and "Create Playlist", but I don't like "Copy to the Clipboard" so much..

[Lupo73]

Leif is helping me to do minor language corrections and other fixes.. about the password deletion issue, it can be deleted using the backspace key so I think it doesn't need a fix..

[guinness]

about the password deletion issue, it can be deleted using the backspace key so I think it doesn't need a fix..

OK, though perhaps make it clear that you can't use the DEL key in the password inputs, because as Leif demonstrated users are so used to using the DEL key rather than the backspace.

[Lupo73]

What do you propose? A note in the Guide?

[Leif]

[Aside] guinness, please suggest to him that he should fix it instead of e.g. mentioning it in the Guide (who reads guides? ). In ALL the programs I use it says Del and NEVER Backspace to the right of the Delete option in the menus etc.

[Lupo73]

Ok ok ..I fixed it..now to remove a monitored folder the hotkey is Ctrl+R..

An idea: to make the interface more user-friendly, what do you think if I report the hotkeys in button tooltips? In this way the user can read it simply moving the mouse over a button, without needs to check the Guide..

[Leif]

Tooltips are great.

[guinness]

I haven't done much research since Ruby pointed out the Registry Keys to see when in Classic Theme Mode, but I came up with this small UDF and it seems to work. You need WinAPIEx.au3 of course >>

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Func _IsClassicTheme() ; By guinness 2011.
	_WinAPI_GetCurrentThemeName()
	Return @error
EndFunc   ;==>_IsClassicTheme

Or how I use it >>

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Func _IsNotClassicTheme() ; By guinness 2011.
	_WinAPI_GetCurrentThemeName()
	Return @error = 0
EndFunc   ;==>_IsClassicTheme

[Lupo73]

Thanks guinness, I'm going to implement it

A question: does the problem afflict only the main context menu or all menus with images (and tray menu)?

[guinness]

As far as I'm aware (without testing) it's only a problem with ContextMenus. Which function are you going to use? Are you going to keep the header i.e. By guinness 2011?

[guinness]

A snippet of code from the next ProEject. This is how I'm using the Function I posted above.

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If (_IsWindowsVersion() And _IsNotClassicTheme()) Then ; If Windows is greater than XP and doesn't use Classic Theme Mode.

[Lupo73]

I kept that header, do you prefer another one?

Thanks about code example.. but I thought to use it adding a space if classic theme is used, why do you use the "if not classic theme"?

[guinness]

The space addition doesn't work, treat it as though it was like Windows XP where Context images are disabled. Also I use the NOT for easy reading as well as the NOT version returning True. If I were to use the initial Function I provided I would have to do this >>

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If (_IsWindowsVersion() And _IsClassicTheme() = 0) Then ; Takes a couple of ms longer to parse!

Couple of AutoIt tips: If $sTest Then is quicker than If $sTest = 1 Then...

Everything I do is for a reason, whether it be right or wrong

[Lupo73]

I'm confused: if the space addition doesn't work, what do you recommend for the theme problem? And does not the tray menu need to be fixed?