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To add to the comments about file listings not refreshing, note that the desktop is just a fancy-looking Explorer file listing widget ("control" in Windows-spea
by jdub 11y ago
To add to the comments about file listings not refreshing, note that the desktop is just a fancy-looking Explorer file listing widget ("control" in Windows-speak).
- ygra 11y agoI think in the past you could even switch it to column or detail mode by sending appropriate messages ;)
- aryamaan 11y agoI never looked to Desktop that way.
- Stratoscope 11y agoIt's also worth noting that the standard File Open and File Save dialogs are full-fledged File Explorer windows too. I make use of this all the time. For example, I often want to open the same file in two different editors. So in the editor where I have the file already open, I do a Save As to get into the dialog, then simply drag the file directly from that dialog into the other editor, and close the dialog without saving. Alt+D also works the same in these dialogs as an Explorer window, so a quick way to copy the current file's directory to the clipboard is to do a Save As, Alt+D, Ctrl+C, Esc. Or to open a standalone File Explorer window somewhere in my current project: Save As, right-click the folder in the Save As dialog, and Open in New Window. All kinds of nice shortcuts like this are available once you realize that the File dialogs are Explorer windows.