Status Bar needs options for adjusting displayed info

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Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Status Bar needs options for adjusting displayed info

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

Aside from my recent proposition about more color settings for information displayed in the Status Bar [viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11854], I would like to point out at the elephant in the room: the way the data is presented in the Status Bar is close to being unreadable - the text is piled up and cluttered

Here is an animated presentation showcasing comparison between data display in the bottom bar of: FreeCommander with default settings vs. FreeCommander with user adjusted settings vs. Everything

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In the left panel of FreeCommander the selected file is the same as in Everything. In the right panel of FreeCommander the selection includes almost every file in its folder - thus the difference of also number of elements presented in the bar [aside from values]

As you can see, in regards to how and what data is displayed, the amount of control which FreeCommander gives to its users is profound [although it has some limitations and glitches]. But in Everything users are regrettably unable to e.g. get rid of repetitions of data [like dates already displayed in columns], change font to uppercase [to soothe problems with impaired vision of a user] or replace long names / descriptions with shorter denotations [to save horizontal space thus make all the data still visible on smaller monitors]
therube
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Re: Status Bar needs options for adjusting displayed info

Post by therube »

Some customization is available, statusbar_selected_item_format.
void
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Re: Status Bar needs options for adjusting displayed info

Post by void »

and Everything 1.5 will have more status bar formatting options.
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