Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

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Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#1 Post by Free4all » 03.03.2019, 20:15

Using FCXE v794 64-bit on Win7.

I'm trying to create a toolbar button in the middle of the Splitter toolbar to launch an external application.

I didn't see any commands to directly do this. (Let me know if there is one!)

So what I did was add the command to the Favorite Tools.

Then, in the configuration UI for the Splitter toolbar, I created a button for "Favorite Tool 01".

After doing this, the button appears in the Splitter, but is is always dimmed, and it does not respond to pointing device clicks.

Why is this not working?

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Re: Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#2 Post by Dreamer » 04.03.2019, 22:19

I think it's a bug, I have reported this issue here:

https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtop ... f=7&t=7767

Anyway, I couldn't reproduce it, but now I can reproduce it with default settings, in 794 (incl. test version).

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Re: Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#3 Post by Marek » 04.03.2019, 22:34

It works for me:
- define favorite tool and assign hotkey
- add the favorite tool to the splitter toolbar

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Re: Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#4 Post by Dreamer » 04.03.2019, 23:51

OK, sorry, I tested without a hotkey, it works with the hotkey.

Free4all - try to test with default settings, perhaps it's some option causing the problem.

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Re: Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#5 Post by Dreamer » 04.03.2019, 23:59

I think I got it, if I disable "Show in - [ ] Menu" in Define favorite toolbars for that item, it's greyed-out.

If the Menu option is enabled, it's OK.

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Re: Splitter toolbar button to launch an external application

#6 Post by Free4all » 05.03.2019, 05:45

Marek wrote: 04.03.2019, 22:34 It works for me:
- define favorite tool and assign hotkey
- add the favorite tool to the splitter toolbar
Ah, you have to assign a hotkey. Once I did that, it worked.

Why do you have to assign a hotkey for it to work?

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