Single window interface

Submitted by vdanen on Mon, 2008-07-14 23:49
in

Is there a way to have a single window interface? I've bought BetterZip now that the cpio stuff is working properly and am really enjoying it; it's a great help with my work.

The problem I'm having now is that if I dig into two rpm files at the same time to get at the patches, I end up with 3 windows per rpm, so in this instance 6 windows in total. This is because I have one window to view the .rpm contents (a cpio.gz file), one to view the cpio.gz file (the contents being a cpio archive), and finally the contents of the .cpio archive which is really the only window I care about.

What would be ideal for me, anyways, is that you have one window per "master" archive, so in my case one window for the rpm. If I double-click on an internal archive, instead of opening a new window, just shift the "view" of the current window to the contents of the new archive. Maybe offer a "back" button to move up one "level". Likewise, if I double-click on the cpio file, the main window shifts again to view the contents of the cpio file; if I press back then I get the cpio.gz contents, and back again to get the rpm contents. This way I could get 2 windows on my desktop instead of 6 and I think it would be more intuitive and less confusing.

Maybe this is something that can be done already but I didn't see anything when poking around in the preferences.

Other than this, BetterZip is working absolutely great. I would really like to see something like this as it would make using BetterZip more enjoyable.

‹ Hidden options in Secrets Some features that I miss from WinRAR ›
Submitted by Robert on Tue, 2008-07-15 08:39.

I already had the plan to expand archives recursively (automatically), but I like your idea with the back button much more. This would, of course, work best with the browser view (like in the Finder). I'll think about it. Thanks for this great idea!

Submitted by vdanen on Wed, 2008-07-16 02:45.

You're welcome. Thanks for considering it. =)