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New In Directory Opus 13
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Copyrights
Licenses
End-user License Conditions
Volume License Conditions
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Basic Concepts
Starting Opus
The Lister
Opening a Lister
The Default Lister
Navigation
Home Folder
Up, Forward, Back
Folder Tree
Location Bar
Path Field
Drive Buttons and Dropdowns
Favorites
SmartFavorites
Recent and History Lists
Aliases
Paired Folders
Tabs
Tab Switcher
Locked Tabs
Linked Tabs
Tab Groups
View Modes
Dual Display
Navigation Lock
Toolbars
The Default Toolbars
Menu Toolbar
Operations Toolbar
Favorites Bar
File Display Toolbar
Images Toolbar
Dynamic Toolbars
Toolbar Sets
Find-as-you-type Field
Viewer Pane
Metadata Pane
Utility Panel
Layouts
Styles
Themes
Creating your own Themes
Status Bar
Explorer Replacement
Source and Destination
Selecting Files
Selecting with the mouse and keyboard
Single-click mode
Checkbox Mode
Simple Wildcard Selection
Advanced Selection
Selecting Cells
Searching and Filtering
Filter Bar
Show Everything
Toolbar Filter Fields
Quick Search
Find Files
Simple Find
Advanced Find
Sorting and Grouping
Manual Sorting
Folder Format
Folder Format Dialog
Columns
Frozen Columns
Sorting
Grouping
Display
Filters
Saved Folder Formats
Auto-remembered Formats
Content Types
Identifying the current format
Locking the Format
Expandable Folders
Flat View
Folder Sizes
Virtual File System
System virtual folders
File Collections
Stored Queries
Libraries
Archives
FTP
MTP
File Operations
Copying, Moving and Deleting Files
Copy and Paste
Drag and drop
Copying using the toolbar buttons
Using Wildcards when Copying
Copy Queues
Copy Overlays and Ghost Files
Unattended operation
The Jobs Bar
The Confirm File Replace Dialog
Copying Updated Files
Synchronize
Deleting Files
Secure Delete
Renaming Files
Inline Rename
Simple Wildcard Rename
Advanced Rename
Rename Presets
Rename Modes
Standard Wildcard Rename
Find and Replace
Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions + Find and Replace
Rename Actions
Numbering Files
Rename Macros
Rename Options
Renaming with Metadata
Rename Scripts
Creating Folders
Creating Archives
Adding to Archives
Add to Archive Dialog
Zip Options
7z Options
RAR Options
TAR BZip2 Options
TAR GZip Options
Zip Files
Zip Comment
Read-Only mode
Self-Extracting Zip Files
Tracking and Undoing File Operations
Changing Attributes
Labels and Status Icons
Editing Metadata
Document Properties
Picture Properties
Music Properties
Adding Cover Art
Video Properties
Extended Properties
Programmatic setting of Metadata
Time Shifting
File Descriptions
Filtered Operations
Filter Clauses
Adding, Removing and Editing Clauses
Filter Clause Types
Textual Filters
UAC and Administrator Mode
FTP
FTP Address Book
Default Settings
Site Page
Network Page
Display Page
Index Page
Sounds Page
Misc Page
Speed Page
Special Page
Transfer Page
Proxy Page
Adding a new Site
FTP Connect
Site Properties
FTP Log
FTP Paths
Additional Functionality
Viewing Images
Viewer Mouse, Keys and Toolbar
Image Marking
Lister-Linked Viewers
Playing Sounds
Image Conversion
Automated image conversion tasks
Print Folder
Duplicate File Finder
Splitting Files
Joining Files
Making Links and Junctions
Floating Toolbars
Controlling Floating Toolbars
System-wide Hotkeys
Exporting to USB
Integration with Everything
Erase Empty Space
File Type Summary
Update Checker
CLI
Crash Logs
Preferences
Backing up and Restoring Preferences
Preferences Categories
Colors And Fonts
Dark Mode
Themes
Color Blending
Directory Opus Colors
Windows Colors
Images
Fonts
File Displays
Folder Expansion
Mouse
Background Events
Navigation
Options
Info Tips
Tab Key
Status Bar
Title Bar
File Display Columns
Appearance
Evaluator Columns
Evaluator Groups
Filenames
Icons
Options
Shell Properties
File Display Modes
Details
Power Mode
Appearance
Buttons
Thumbnails
Folders
Performance
Styles
Tiles Mode
File Operations
Copying Files
Attributes
Confirmation
Metadata
Security
Deleting Files
Double-click Files
FTP
Logging
Script/FTP Logs
Metadata
Metadata Editor
Music Genres
Options
Progress Indicators
Counting Files
Jobs Bar
Renaming Files
Control Keys
Filtering And Sorting
Filters
Filter Bar
Find-As-You-Type
Filter Mode
Find Mode
Folders Mode
Global Filters
Quick Keys
Sorting
Folders
Automatic Reading
Folder Formats
Automatic Formats
Folder Images
Folder Sizes
Junctions And Links
Network Servers
Special Folders
Virtual Folders
Desktop
File System
This PC
Folder Tabs
Dimensions
Edge Colors
Folder Tab Bar
Groups
Locking
Options
Folder Tree
Appearance
Contents
Expand / Collapse
Pins
Options
Selection Events
Frequently Used Paths
Favorites List
Folder Aliases
Home Folder
Paired Folders
Recent List
SmartFavorites
Internet
Email
Updates
Labels
Label Definitions
Label Assignments
In Specific Folders
Options
Launching Opus
Explorer Replacement
From the Desktop
From the Taskbar Icon
From the Win + E hotkey
Startup
Layouts and Styles
Default Lister
Layouts
Styles
Location Bar
Options
Path Fields
Appearance
Menus
Path Completion
Toolbars
Miscellaneous
Advanced
External Tools
Privacy
Shell Extensions
Sounds
Windows Integration
Jump List
Windows Startup Delay
Toolbars
Appearance
Floating
Folder Toolbars
Icons
Options
Sets
View Mode Toolbars
User Interface
Language
Spacing
Transition Animations
Viewer
Standalone Viewer
Options
Size And Position
Mouse Buttons
Marked Pictures
Slideshow
Viewer Pane
Viewer Plugins
Zip and Other Archives
Archive and VFS Plugins
Archive Options
Context Menu
Zip Files
Customize
The Customize Dialog
Toolbars
Context Menus
Keys
Commands
User Commands
Default Toolbars
Creating your own buttons
Editing the Toolbar
Launch Options
Toolbar Context Menus
Multiple Function Buttons
Drop-down Buttons and Menus
Dynamic Buttons
Drive Buttons Configuration
Field Buttons
Path Field Configuration
Filter Field Configuration
Drives Dropdown Configuration
Sharing functions with others
Command Editor
Simple Command Editor
Advanced Command Editor
Using the Hotkey Control
User-defined commands
Synchronous and Asynchronous functions
Internal Command Arguments
Passing files to external programs
Command modifiers
MS-DOS Batch commands
WSL Commands
Embedding Rename Scripts
DDE Functions
Embedded functions
File Types
Directory Opus File Types
File Type Groups
Filetype Editor
Actions
Events
Context Menu
Drop Menu
Replace Menu
Info Tip
Tiles Mode
Scripting
Rename Scripts
Custom Fields in the Rename Dialog
Script Functions
Script Add-ins
Include Files
Modules
Script Package
Script Installer Files
Script Management
Create New Script
Script Installer
Script Editor
Script Assets
Editors
Code Editor
Dialog Editor
Dialog Editor Commands
Adding Dialog Controls
Sizing and Positioning Dialog Controls
Using the Layout Commands
Dialog Control Tab Order
Dialog Control Mnemonics
Language Overlays
Dialog Control Properties
Common Dialog Properties
Dialog Properties
Static Text Properties
Markup Text Properties
Edit Control Properties
Button Properties
Check Box Properties
Radio Button Properties
Combo Box Properties
List Box Properties
List View Properties
Date/Time Picker Properties
Palette Properties
Tab Control Properties
Group Box Properties
String Editor
Snippets
Script Dialogs
Creating Script Dialogs
The Dialog Message Loop
Simple Dialogs
Detached Dialogs
Reading Dialog Control Values
Interacting with Dialog Controls
Resources
String Resources
Script Log
Example Scripts
Example Rename Script
Simple Script Function
Adding a new Internal Command
Adding a new Column
Adding a new Column from Shell Properties
Extending the FAYT Field
Simple Dialogs and Popup Menus
Script Dialog Example
Responding to Events
Evaluator
Grammar
Variables
Applicable Contexts
Evaluator Columns
Evaluator Groups
Filters and Find
Info Tips and Tiles
Buttons and Functions
Labels
Colors
Icons
Tooltips
Dynamic State
Conditional Behavior
Evaluation Clauses
Insertion Code
Command Lines
Rename
Generated File Names
Rename Control Keys
Status Bar
Column Context Menus
Tab Context Menus
Examples
Reference
Wildcard Reference
Pattern Matching Syntax
Regular Expression Syntax
Status Bar Codes
Codes for file and folder counts
Codes for disk space
Codes for music and video duration
Codes for graphical elements
Other Codes
Bar graphs and Percentages
Hiding sections on the status bar
Padding sections on the status bar
Command Reference
Argument Types
Internal Commands
CLI
Clipboard
Close
ContextMenu
Copy
CreateFolder
Delete
Favorites
FileType
Find
GetSizes
Go
Help
Image
Join
Marker
Play
Prefs
Print
Properties
Recent
Rename
Select
Set
SetAttr
Show
Split
Toolbar
Undo
External control codes
Codes for passing filenames
Codes for passing paths
Codes to display dialogs
Codes for date and time
Codes for clipboard and variables
Command modifier reference
Scripting Reference
Scripting Objects
AboutData
ActivateListerData
ActivateTabData
AddCmdData
AddColData
AfterFolderChangeData
Alias
Aliases
Args
AudioCoverArt
AudioMeta
BeforeFolderChangeData
Blob
BusyIndicator
ClickData
ClipboardChangeData
CloseListerData
CloseTabData
Column
ColumnValue
Command
ConfigBackupData
ConfigRestoreData
Control
CustomFieldData
Date
Dialog
DialogListColumn
DialogListColumns
DialogListGroup
DialogListItem
DialogOption
DisplayModeChangeData
Dock
DocMeta
DOpus
DOpusFactory
DoubleClickData
DPI
Drive
ExeMeta
EverythingInterface
EverythingResult
Favorite
Favorites
File
FileAttr
FileChange
FileGroup
FileOperationCompleteData
FileSize
FilesystemChangeData
FiletypeGroup
FiletypeGroups
Filter
FilterParseError
FlatViewChangeData
FolderEnum
FontMeta
Format
FSUtil
Func
GlobalFilters
GetCopyQueueNameData
GetCustomFieldData
GetNewNameData
HighlightedColumns
HTTPRequest
Image
ImageMeta
IncludeFileInitData
Item
Items
Lister
Listers
ListerResizeData
ListerUIChangeData
Map
Metadata
Msg
OpenListerData
OpenTabData
OrderedMap
OtherMeta
PairedFolder
Path
PeriodicTimerData
PowerEventData
Progress
QuickFilter
QuickFilterChangeData
Rect
Results
ScheduledTimerData
Script
ScriptColorPair
ScriptColumn
ScriptColumnData
ScriptCommand
ScriptCommandData
ScriptFAYTCommand
ScriptFAYTCommandData
ScriptConfig
ScriptConfigChangeData
ScriptInitData
ScriptStrings
ShellProperty
ShutdownData
Signature
SmartFavorite
SmartFavorites
SortOrder
SourceDestData
StartupData
StringSet
StringTools
StyleSelectedData
SysInfo
SystemSettingChangeData
Tab
TabClickData
TabGroup
TabGroups
TabGroupTabEntry
TabGroupTabList
TabStats
Toolbar
Toolbars
UnorderedSet
Var
Vars
Vector
Version
VideoMeta
Viewer
Viewers
ViewerEventData
Wild
WinVer
Scripting Events
OnAboutScript
OnActivateLister
OnActivateTab
OnAddColumns
OnAddCommands
OnAfterFolderChange
OnBeforeFolderChange
OnClick
OnClipboardChange
OnCloseLister
OnCloseTab
OnConfigBackup
OnConfigRestore
OnDisplayModeChange
OnDoubleClick
OnFilesystemChange
OnFileOperationComplete
OnFlatViewChange
OnGetCopyQueueName
OnGetCustomFields
OnGetNewName
OnInit
OnInitIncludeFile
OnListerResize
OnListerUIChange
OnOpenLister
OnOpenTab
OnPeriodicTimer
OnPowerEvent
OnQuickFilterChange
OnScheduledTimer
OnScriptColumn
OnScriptCommand
OnScriptConfigChange
OnScriptFAYTCommand
OnShutdown
OnSourceDestChange
OnStartup
OnStyleSelected
OnSystemSettingChange
OnTabClick
OnViewerEvent
Evaluator Functions
AbortFunc
Abs
Age
Arg
As
Asc
Atan
Capitalize
Cbrt
Ceil
Chr
Cos
Clip
ClipFormat
Count
DateDiff
DatePart
DegToRad
DisplayName
Elapsed
Exists
FileCount
FileExt
FilePart
FindWindow
Floor
Format
Hypot
InStr
IsAlpha
IsChecked
IsDigit
IsDir
IsEnabled
IsFile
IsLower
IsParent
IsPath
IsPunct
IsSelected
IsSet
IsSpace
IsUpper
KeyDown
LanguageStr
LCase
Left
Len
MakeLegal
Match
Max
Mid
Min
Now
Output
Parent
PathType
Pow
RadToDeg
RegEx
RegExS
Replace
Resolve
Reverse
Right
Root
Rnd
Round
Running
Select
Sin
Space
Stem
StrCmp
String
Sqrt
Swap
SysInfo
Tan
Trim
Truncate
TypeOf
UCase
URLEncode
Val
DOpusRT Reference
External Manipulation of File Collections
Retrieving File and Folder Information
Metadata Keywords
Keywords for Columns
Keywords for SetAttr META
Textual Filters
Icon Sets
Icon Set XML Definition File
Icon Sizes
Icon Names
Icon Display Names
Icon Categories
DPI aware Icon Sets
Localization
Icon Images
Rename Macro Language
New In Directory Opus 13
Directory Opus 13 (Highlights)
Highlights Page 1
Highlights Page 2
Highlights Page 3
Highlights Page 4
Highlights Page 5
Highlights Page 6
Directory Opus 13 (Detailed)
Dark Mode & Cosmetics
File Copying
Everything (indexed search)
Evaluator
Lister Defaults
Folder Tree
File Display
Thumbnails
Folder Tabs
Location Bar
Filter Bar
Find As You Type (FAYT)
Search Field
Find Files
Duplicate Files Finder
Synchronize
Other Utility Panels
Metadata
Columns
Folder Sizes
Status Bar
Rename
Viewer
Image Converter
File & Folder Labels
Folder Aliases
Folder Formats
Preferences
Customize
Default Toolbars & Menus
Script IDE
File Types
Set Attributes
Print / Export Folder Listing
Split / Join
Archives
Cloud Storage
User Interface Spacing
Virtual Desktops
Shell Extensions
Miscellaneous Features
Miscellaneous Fixes & Workarounds
Miscellaneous Commands
Miscellaneous Scripting
Removed Functionality
Tips for Upgrading from Opus 12