Configuration: Layout                            Back

 

This page allows to turn on and off selected parts of the main Total Commander window.

 

Field Description

Screen layout

Show button bar Shows the button bar, which can be configured in Configuration - Change button bar 

Show drive buttons Shows a bar with buttons for all drives

Show two drive button bars (fixed width, above file windows)

For each file list, a separate drive button bar is shown. Both have the same width and aren't adapted to the file list width.

Flat icons Use flat style for drive button bar.

Show drive combobox Shows a dropdown box for drive selection

Show folder tabs Shows tabstop headers for directories. By default, the headers will be hidden if there is only one tab (configurable).

Show current directory Window header containing the current path. This header also indicates the active window

Show buttons for history list and hotlist

Behind the current directory, two buttons can be shown, an asterisk and a triangle. The asterisk opens a list of often used directories (hotlist=bookmarks). The triangle opens a list of the last visited directories.

Show tabstop header The tabstop header allows to move the tabstops in full view, and resort the file list

Show status bar Shows the total number of files, and the number of selected files, and calculates the space they occupy.

Show command line Shows a command line to start DOS and Windows programs. If the command line is hidden it will be shown as soon as you type a letter on the keyboard.

Show function key buttons

The function key buttons allow to view, edit, copy, rename, move and delete files, create a directory and exit the program.

 

Flat user interface Show all user interface elements (except for the button bar and drive bar, configured separately) in flat style. If unchecked, Total Commander is displayed as in previous versions (3d look). Now also supported on Windows XP!

Windows XP theme background (menu+all bars)

Show themed background under the main menu, button bar, drive bar and ftp toolbar on Windows XP. Can be turned off in case of problems with alternate themes.