This is just a request for some additional features - just some ideas to think about. There may be a better way of implementing these. I'm a minimalist myself, but if there's a simple solution for implementing these, it may be helpful.
1 . Add the ability to create keyboard shortcuts for some custom context menu items.
2 . Ability to add a separator as a context menu item.
3 . Base context items on the file extension.
- If no extension, display all context items with separators.
4 . Multiple context menu levels for a folder-like structure. (Examples below of possible usage)
- File Operations->Copy File to Other Side
- File Operations->Copy File to Clipboard
- Web Operations->View File in Browser
- Web Operations->View File in Browser->Firefox
- Web Operations->View File in Browser->Chrome
- Web Operations->Production
- Web Operations->Production->View Production File in Browser
- Web Operations->Development
- Web Operations->Development->View Development File in Browser
Of course these would all have to be set up properly. For example, the Production context items above would have to launch a batch script or something similar and get the filename from the parameters that are passed to it and translate it to the Production server location.
Just adding the context menu organization capability could enable a savvy user to cleanly set up the menus to perform a lot more than syncing.
I know there has to be some point where you draw the line on implementing non-essential features so it does not become bloated, but the menu customizations don't seem like they would add too much complexity to the application.
Feature Request: Context Menu Items Customizations
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Thanks for sharing your ideas!
> 1 . Add the ability to create keyboard shortcuts for some custom context menu items.
The first custom entry already has a shortcut, "Enter" or "mouse double click". The other ones could get shortcuts, too. But which one? ALT + `<number>`?
> 2 . Ability to add a separator as a context menu item.
Seems not very important and can already be emulated by inserting an entry labelled `----------------`.
> 3 . Base context items on the file extension.
> - If no extension, display all context items with separators.
This is going into the Explorer territory of general file management. I'm not sure if there is need for such special logic by most users.
> 4 . Multiple context menu levels for a folder-like structure. (Examples below of possible usage)
Seems similar special purpose like 3 and is a non-functional visual improvement only.
> 1 . Add the ability to create keyboard shortcuts for some custom context menu items.
The first custom entry already has a shortcut, "Enter" or "mouse double click". The other ones could get shortcuts, too. But which one? ALT + `<number>`?
> 2 . Ability to add a separator as a context menu item.
Seems not very important and can already be emulated by inserting an entry labelled `----------------`.
> 3 . Base context items on the file extension.
> - If no extension, display all context items with separators.
This is going into the Explorer territory of general file management. I'm not sure if there is need for such special logic by most users.
> 4 . Multiple context menu levels for a folder-like structure. (Examples below of possible usage)
Seems similar special purpose like 3 and is a non-functional visual improvement only.
