Free arrange of Files and Icons
Free arrange of Files and Icons
I desperately miss the feature of free arrange of icons and folder and keep this free arrangement like known from desktop. Win10 (Update 1703) was the last version which supported it in Explorer. In any newer version the free arranged symbols get mixed after closing the folder.
It seems there is no file explorer with this feature, but many people are missing it, since it make it much more productive to work!
Thank you.
It seems there is no file explorer with this feature, but many people are missing it, since it make it much more productive to work!
Thank you.
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
Aaa, yes- the free arrangement on desktop on the Windows operating system...
...be it XP, Windows 7 or Windows 10- at some point the icons get rearranged, be it becuase of changed resolution, tampering with docked windows or multiple screens. And so the whole work put into it gets thrown out of the window [pun intended]
...be it XP, Windows 7 or Windows 10- at some point the icons get rearranged, be it becuase of changed resolution, tampering with docked windows or multiple screens. And so the whole work put into it gets thrown out of the window [pun intended]
Last edited by Forez on 08.04.2023, 19:27, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
Free arrange on desktop is no problem. There are also tools like "Desktop save and restore" to rearrange icons after they got mixtured.
I am looking for free arrangement of icons in explorer
I am looking for free arrangement of icons in explorer
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
XnView MP has this feature (it's an image viewer, but you can view any files, it's free for personal usage).
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
@Dreamer Thank you. I just installed XnView MP, but I cannot see how to free arrage and place folders and files. Can you please let me know what I miss? Thx
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
Menu > View > Sort by > Custom.
BTW It works for files and folders, but after program restart only files order is preserved, possibly a bug.
BTW It works for files and folders, but after program restart only files order is preserved, possibly a bug.
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
Thank you, but is it not possible to place files or folder free on screen. I only can change the sequence/order of them.
But yes the program remembers the order.
Any idea how to place the icons free like on desktop? like there are invisible grate / raster on complete space?
Thank you.
But yes the program remembers the order.
Any idea how to place the icons free like on desktop? like there are invisible grate / raster on complete space?
Thank you.
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
It's OT, but you can try to create a feature request in the other program, perhaps it would be easier to implement there, since custom order is possible there already.
I'm not sure if it's possible to implement this feature in FC, request is here, so you can just wait, or perhaps try to explain how it would be working and why you need it - do you need it just for one folder, few folders, or all folders?
I'm not sure if it's possible to implement this feature in FC, request is here, so you can just wait, or perhaps try to explain how it would be working and why you need it - do you need it just for one folder, few folders, or all folders?
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
Thank you. Do you see no chance to make it possible in FreeCommander?
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
I don't know, you need to ask Marek.
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I have no plans for such function.
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If you can find the time - some day - I would be very thankful
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I also can see a usefulness for such option
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
But this function is already built in; kind of
If I am not mistaken, then If the user have selected option available as
Settings > View > File / folder list > Refresh > Add new items at the end of the list
then the user can create custom order - until this Tab or the whole FreeCommander gets refreshed somehow
I use this as a workaround when I have multiple files that I want to put them in order- and then I use the Counter code
Code: Select all
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So in theory all that would have to done right now to implement the feature suggested by the user guru1d is addition of new option
Settings > View > File / folder list > Refresh > Preserve not-refreshed view for ever (keeps custom order of files)
That of not-refreshed view would have to be written down to some file of course. And then it would have to be update every time we do something in such folder. This maybe this option could be also activated / deactivated for a single folder and / or its sub-folders if the use chooses so
In overall, this would be a mix of something like a playlist of files and indexing of folders
Or did guru1d suggest a more advanced feature: a free graphical placement of thumbnails? Because my description is for a file list view a not for a thumbnails view
Last edited by Forez on 08.04.2023, 19:29, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Free arrange of Files and Icons
I prefer this function in "icons"-view
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