Question: Modify Details Pane

[yatesa]

I'm looking for a method that would allow me to click on any file or folder in explorer and based on the item selected, show additional information in the Details or Preview Pane area. Based on #318 it would seem like PreviewHandler would not work for me since I need it to work against all files and folders. What I'm looking for is more extending what the Details Pane shows, but not just a list of additional properties of the file. So more complex information, like you could achieve with the Preview Pane, but needs to work for all files and folders.

I guess another example would be imagine you wanted the Previous Versions tab that you can see in a file/folder properties window, but instead have that information displayed in the Detail/Preview pane area. That's not what I'm intended to do, but that's the best example I can give that explains what I mean.

Is that even possible or is it a waste of my time even looking into?

Thanks, Anthony

[Countryen]

Hey Anthony, I don't think that's possible / wanted by MS.

The shell is designed to allow customization to the 'default' behaviour, so forcing thus for all isn't really a good idea.

Why does it have to be the preview pane? Maybe a custom folder design (View) could work better? Like displaying images as thumbnails.

I think there is an example namespace extension with a custom Folder View. You could also do it like OneDrive an register a CloudStorageProvider with custom Layout.

The preview pane can work for "all files and folder" but you have to manually specify the classes/filetypes - a loop through the registry might help? The details are explained further down inside #318 .

Be sure to post your solution when you've found one.