Suggestion: Details Pane

[NotNull]

Suggestion to add a - using Microsoft's terminology - Detail Pane.
In File Explorer this pane can be toggled with CTRL+SHIFT+P and shows properties of the selected file:

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The way I envision this (today) is that it shows just the indexed properties, but can be expanded somehow to show all defined properties.
Or show all properties and show only the indexed properties when the file is off-line.

I think this can be a nice alternative to adding many columns to the reult list.



Plan B:
Alternatively, those properties could be shown as an overlay of the preview pane.
HoneyView, an image viewer, does it this way (although I don't like the implementation much; it's not clear enough in a lot of cases):

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[void]

I do have on my TODO list to add a Details pane.
Perhaps it could behave the same as Windows Explorer and use the extension/class associated properties.

Thanks for the suggestion.


I also want to add a UI to Index -> Organize Properties for viewing and customizing property values.

[meteorquake]

Just to give this topic a bump!
I find quite often it would be useful to have a pane of file information, I would probably dock it above or below the folder tree pane. It would contain File Size, Date, Image dimensions (if relevant) and so forth as you'd expect. People might have e.g. album info in it.
* Presumably you'd have an advanced option definition for what goes in it (including colouring!) rather like how you can define the status bar.
* I wouldn't want a preview or icon for the file - perhaps that could be part of the option definition.
* With a dedicated info pane the info elements would be on separate lines and wrap when long.
* Overflow could be handled by a scrollbar, and the pane would also be resizeable and always there when visible without having to be called up on demand.
* Colours if implemented would mean your eye would go to just the right spot.
From my own usage of some of the present alternatives:
- I tend to turn the popup infotip off as it gets in the way
- status bar is one long line so has limited space and the eye has to figure out where the relevant info is.
- results columns also provide info but they often trail off screen or are truncated.
- Alt-Enter will pull up the Explorer details but requires an action and isn't as flexible as a dedicated pane
I can see lots of advantages to such a pane and I imagine it would be one of the more straightforward things to implement given the concepts are already active in the program in various ways.
David

[NotNull]

I tend to turn the popup infotip off as it gets in the way

Under the Advanced options, configure show_detailed_listview_tooltips to value Icon only
That way the popup will only be shown when hovering the icon.

[meteorquake]

Cheers - looking, I seem to have that already Icon Only but listview_tooltips was false, which I've now turned on; I must have adjusted that a long while back
It is an improvement but does still involve specially targetting the icon as opposed to a pane that's always present
David

[NotNull]

It is an improvement but does still involve specially targetting the icon as opposed to a pane that's always present

Agreed.
This (icon tooltip) is the best option for now. Or more accurate: I can't think of a better one..

[meteorquake]

Oh I found out why I turned it off - it may be good when hovering over icons, but it also appears over thumbnails, obliterating them. So it will have to go off again! I'll make a suggestion on that.
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