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SymlinkCreator, some suggestions and ideas

Open quasiblob opened this issue 5 months ago • 3 comments

Source file or folder list

  • Could it be possible to allow drag and drop?
    • Like drop a folder from File Explorer would add that path to source list
    • Or drop a file from File Explorer to add a file
    • Now what I do, is I press "Add Files" or "Add folders" and then copy paste the path into the file/folder popup box

Destination Path

  • Could it be possible to allow copy pasting a path here? Directly into the field in UI
  • I think I've tried it a couple of times, and it doesn't seem to work for me

Delete selected button

  • This sounds scary and is not what it does
    • Could you consider renaming this to something like "Remove from list", to make it obvious what it really does

Popup after operation

  • Super annoying, could there at least be an option to disable this?

About screen

  • Could you consider making the link in popup a http-link instead of Yes/No box where Yes answer takes you to Github? I find it annoying to accidentally opening some website, when I only want to check which version I'm running.

Sorry if this sounds like a lot of complaints, but anyway - Symlink Creator feels like the best software right now for making symbolic links, out of the ones I've tested. For example, I find the UX of linkMaker really cumbersome, and that one popular copy-paste kind of link maker is similar way quite cumbersome to use, can't even remember its name now. Your software does the thing right, window stays open after the operation, which is important for me, many times I decide to change either the source or destination path, after which I add another symbolic link. So this flow you have is really suitable at least for me.

Thanks for making this software.

quasiblob avatar Sep 23 '24 16:09 quasiblob