[Feature Request] - Some recommended changes to the user interface

[TobberH]

Description

Some recommended improvements to the interface.

Changes

Key bindings:

• Home key should go to top of file list
• End key should go to bottom of file list
• Tab should switch between local and remote list, use another key bind to go to the log view.

For everyone used to Midnight Commander, Total Commander, FMan, etc, this would be really nice:

• F5 key should also download/upload like Space
• Shift-F6 key should also rename
• F7 should also create directory
• F8 should also delete

File/directory names should have more space, right now names are cropped even though there is plenty of space to the right.

In the browsing view when connected to remote it would be nice with a hint to using H to show available keys. It took me quite a while to figure out that pressing Space key would copy. Had to find the website manual which really shouldn't be necessary.

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[veeso]

Hi,

thank you for your feedback on the Ui.

Regarding home and end keys I've already implemented them for the next update.

For me, the other suggestions are good too, so I will put them into my backlog.

Regarding the name spaces, it really depends on your screen size, so if you have a large screen, it may result in a waste of space. That's why there is the possibility to set the length used by each field in the file row. These parameters are available in the app configuration.

[TobberH]

I looked at the File formatter syntax, which is a REALLY nice option btw! But maybe it could support percentages as an alternative to letter count? Then it could stretch out the columns to use available space instead.

[veeso]

Length as percentages would be cool, but it's kinda hard to implement and some attributes, such as the permissions, takes always the same length, so idk. Maybe in the future, I'll give it further time for analysis, but for the moment I'll keep it as is.

Anyway, the suggestions have been merged into 0.8.0, so you'll be able to see the changes in the next release.