Plugin or option to add shortcuts to user directories to a menu?
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Hi there.
Is there any plugin (or even core option) to add useful user directories (like "Documents", "Pictures", "Application Data") to a menu, maybe the drive selection?
I guess I could add them to the user menu [F2] using the "cd" command (maybe via "cmd.exe /c" if it doesn't work with internal commands), but that would flash the interface while executing it.
Is there any plugin (or even core option) to add useful user directories (like "Documents", "Pictures", "Application Data") to a menu, maybe the drive selection?
I guess I could add them to the user menu [F2] using the "cd" command (maybe via "cmd.exe /c" if it doesn't work with internal commands), but that would flash the interface while executing it.
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LigH, doesn't the Folder Shortcuts built-in feature solve your task? Please refer to the
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Yes, setting up folder shortcuts for the keyboard is a good solution; unfortunately, my laptop built-in keyboard does not have a "Right Ctrl" key. And I would love to see the destination in a menu. Maybe I can assign a Fn Key combo to pop up the Folder Shortcuts dialog.
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I could record a macro using
Ctrl. and then navigate through the Commands menu with keyboard only. That works in the panels, but it does not add a caption to the footer with the function keys (here it seems I need to edit the *.lng file) and no shortcut key hint to the Commands menu entry. Also it works with the recorded keys only not when clicking with the mouse on the function key bar in the footer line.
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If you assign multiple folders to the same shortcut, you'll get them in a menu . And you can use a keyboard macro to invoke that shortcut withLigH wrote: Mon 20 Apr, 2026 08:07 my laptop built-in keyboard does not have a "Right Ctrl" key. And I would love to see the destination in a menu
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I found plugins for Far 1.x: Special Folders or Xcd; will they still work in Far 3.x? If so, probably in x86 versions only, support in x64 versions of Far manager will require a rebuild.
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This leads to "Documents", nice.
The more modern interface SHGetKnownFolderPath apparently uses a
The more modern interface SHGetKnownFolderPath apparently uses a
KNOWNFOLDERID instead of the deprecated CSLID. But LuaFAR 3 seems to support only the latter. I'll read the PDF documentation ...
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I'm not sure if this PDF is up to date. The up to date document (in CHM format) can be found in
%FARHOME%\Encyclopedia folder.
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Unfortunately, luafar_manual.chm does not contain a list of folder constants (referring to CSLIDs). So back to the MSDN etc.
Pretty comprehensive overview: InstallMate 9 Manual / Tool to print a list
Pretty comprehensive overview: InstallMate 9 Manual / Tool to print a list
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I agree that API documentation is useful, but it doesn't belong in the luafar3.dll manual.LigH wrote: Wed 22 Apr, 2026 14:38 Unfortunately, luafar_manual.chm does not contain a list of folder constants (referring to CSLIDs)
Our goal is to document the specific interface of this DLL.
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Dave Lowndes will probably add a number column to the output of his "CSLIDs" tool, then we will have a complete list of the Windows system it ran on.
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PS: See formatted table (PDF in ZIP) attached.
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PS: See formatted table (PDF in ZIP) attached.
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Please note:
There seems to be a bug in Windows (I have Windows 10 x64): Parameters for Program Files and Common Files each report the x86 path for both x86 and x64 versions of the parameter.
I found other reports of this issue not related to Dave's tool, so it may be an error in Windows. Except when Dave released a Win32 exe instead of a Win64 exe ...
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PS: Indeed, it was a 32-bit release; a 64-bit release was added.
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There seems to be a bug in Windows (I have Windows 10 x64): Parameters for Program Files and Common Files each report the x86 path for both x86 and x64 versions of the parameter.
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38 CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES C:\Program Files (x86)
42 CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86 C:\Program Files (x86)
43 CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
44 CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files__
PS: Indeed, it was a 32-bit release; a 64-bit release was added.
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See «Named Folders» (f.e. here)LigH wrote: Sun 19 Apr, 2026 06:19 Is there any plugin (or even core option) to add useful user directories (like "Documents", "Pictures", "Application Data") to a menu
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