Topic       : User Manual for TeraDesk
Author      : Wout Klaren, Henk Robbers, Djordje Vukovic
Version     : February 2017
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      TeraDesk Windows

7.1  Directory windows                                        TeraDesk

The  contents  (folders  and files) of a directory are shown as in the
standard  desktop.  Files and folders can be displayed in text mode or
icon mode (see Show as icons).

The amount of information  displayed in a  window can be controlled by
settings in the View menu. See Menu title: View

In text mode,  all folder names in a directory windows are preceded by
a special character (the 'fuller' mark),  the same as in the  built-in
TOS desktop. The names of all executable files are preceded by a '-'.

An  autoselector  feature is available in  directory windows;  objects
in windows can be automatically selected when parts of their names are
typed on the keyboard.  Objects are selected if they conform to one of
the following patterns:

  <typed characters>*.* (in FAT filesystem with 8+3 names only)
  <typed characters>.*  (in FAT filesystem with 8+3 names only)
  <typed characters>*

Wildcards '?' and  '[<chars>]'  can be used  among <typed characters>.
See Set mask...

As typing  characters  on  the  keyboard  may  also be  interpreted as
activating  a menu item  via a keyboard  shortcut,  possible conflicts
with single-key menu shortcuts are resolved in the following way:

 - If there are no single-key menu shortcuts defined  (except [Tab] or
   [Delete], which are permitted), the autoselector is always active.

 - If single-key  menu shortcuts  have been defined, the  autoselector
   must be toggled on/off using the [Insert] key. This action disables
   or enables  the keyboard  menu  shortcuts  in  alternation with the
   autoselector.

 - [Return] key can be used  to open the objects selected  through the
   autoselector,  because  the keyboard shortcut  normally assigned to
   Open... function may be temporarily disabled while the autoselector
   is active.

The autoselector is reset  upon each change of the top window, or upon
each loading of the configuration file,  or whenever the [Insert]  key
is pressed.  One can  use [Backspace]  to delete  the  last  character
entered into the autoselector.

Pressing the  [Esc] key causes  the directory of the  top window to be
read again and the window contents to be refreshed.

Files and folders dragged to a directory window will be  either copied
or moved to that directory,  depending on the keyboard key  being held
during the operation. See Dragging Objects.

Directory  windows  can  be controlled to some extent through menus or
keyboard  shortcuts.   See  also:  Menu title: File   Menu title: View
Keyboard shortcuts  Conventions