tesuji / filebrowser

A faked Total Commander in C#

FileBrowser

A faked Total Commander in C#

Features

Support basic keyboard shortcuts on folder and file

Function (Shortcut)	How to implement
Copy (Ctrl+C)	Use Clipboard to create file list that needed to copy. In cut, use additional flag CanCut in order to delete file after Cut.
Move (Ctrl+X)	Like above
Paste (Ctrl+V)	Paste file and folder from list in Clipboard to target folder
Delete (Delete or Shift+Delete) (Many file and folder)	Use Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.DeleteFile and FileSystem.DeleteDirectory to delete file and display familiar delete-file-prompt message box
Rename (F2) (Many file and folder)	Set LabelEdit attritube of ListView and implement handler for AfterLabelEdit event
Find (Ctrl+F)	Use seperate FormFileFinds form to search for files, where using DirectoryInfo.GetFiles and DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories
View in detail or in list	Set View.Details or View.List
Sort file in column	Implement handler for ColumnClick event with comparers such as CompareFileName, CompareFileExtension, CompareFileSize, etc
Use VirtualListView for faster display	Set VirtualMode = true, handlers for CacheVirtualItems, RetrieveVirtualItem, SearchForVirtualItem
Support Drop&Drag	Implement handlers for DragEnter, DragDrop, ItemDrag
Support file browser history	In ShellHistory class

Clean user interface (UI) with 2 interactive windows

In fact, each window is a UserControl, mostly including other controls like ListView, TextBox, ComboBox, TreeView.

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Menu context and shortcuts to interact with file and folder

Key	Action
F1 / Ctrl+C	Copy selected items
F2	Rename selected items
F3	View selected files
F4	Edit selected items
F5	Refresh file browser.
F6 / Ctrl+X	Move selected items
F7 / Ctrl+Shift+N	Create new folder
F8	Delete selected items
Ctrl+V	Paste files or folders.
Ctrl+Q	Exit the application.
Alt+Enter	Open properties dialog for selected items.
Ctrl+F	Search for files and folders.
Alt+⇑	Go to parent folder
Backspace / Alt+⇐	Go to previous folder.
Alt+⇒	Go to the following folder.
Enter	Open file or folder.
Delete	Send files or folders to Recycle bin
Shift+Delete	Permanently remove files or folders.

Edit, Run file directly with supported system formats such as MS Word, .exe

Compress file and folder

TODO

• Add handler for menu bar
• Test suits
• Add Travis CI build tests
• Beautify Keyboards.html

Meta

• Written by @lzutao
• Release under GPLv3 License
• Software is as is - no warranty expressed or implied.