Is it posible to move a static item into a dynamic menu?

[Mark-Joy]

Hello, I want to bring static item "HashMyFiles" into Dynamic menu "File Manage". Is it possible?

[moudey]

Yes, static and dynamic items are combined through the parent property. The following code shows how to combine

shell
{
	static
	{
		item(find='HashMyFiles' parent="File Manage")
		item(find='File Manage' image=#f00 pos=top sep=bottom)
	}

	dynamic
	{
		item(title="copy path" parent="File Manage")
	}
}

[moudey]

It is also possible to move several items at once through the following code

item(find='HashMyFiles|"copy long name"|copy long path|"path copy"' parent="File Manage")

[Mark-Joy]

Yes, static and dynamic items are combined through the parent property

Now I have 2 "File manage" which I don't want.

The current structure is "Static" then "Dynamic". Shouldn't It be "Dynamic" first then "Static"? By that way, we can create dynamic menus/items first, then in static we can position items added by the system or by a third party into our dynamic menus

[moudey]

The two entries appeared because you did not add the parent property to the dynamic item.

dynamic
{
	menu(title="File Manage from dynamic" parent="File Manage") { ... }
}

Priority for static items. To move items from menu to another parent or move them to a top level, remove the title property.

shell
{
	static
	{
		item(find='HashMyFiles' parent="File Manage")
		item(find='File Manage' image=#f00 pos=top sep=bottom)
	}

	dynamic
	{
		menu(parent="File Manage")
		{
			item(title='item 1')
			item(title='item 2')
			item(title='item 3')
		}
	}
}

[Mark-Joy]

Hello, shell.shl is provided with Dynamic "File Manage" menu. I did not modify it. What I want is to move my "HashMyFiles" item into that Dynamic "File Manage" menu. I don't want to put the Dynamic "File Manage" menu into the Static "File Manage" menu

And the below code create 2 "File Manage": 1 Dynamic and 1 Static

static
{
  item(find='HashMyFiles' parent="File manage")
  item(find='File manage' image=#f00 pos=top sep=bottom)
}

dynamic
{
  menu(type='file|dir|drive|namespace|back' mode=multiple title='File manage' image=\uE0F8)
  {
    menu(separator=after title='Copy Path' [email protected]_path)
    {
      item([email protected] > 1 title='Copy (@sel.count) items selected' [email protected](sel(false, "\n")))
      item(mode=single title="Full Path" tip=[sel.path, 0,0] [email protected](sel.path))
      item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' [email protected]!=sel.path.len title="Short Path" tip=[sel.short, 0,0] [email protected](sel.short))
      item(mode=single type='file' separator=before find='.lnk' title='open file location')
      separator
      item(mode=single [email protected]>3 title="Parent" tip=[sel.parent,0,0] [email protected](sel.parent))
      separator
      item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' title="Name" tip=[sel.file.name,0,0] [email protected](sel.file.name))
      item(mode=single type='file' [email protected] != @sel.file.title.len title="Title" tip=[sel.file.title,0,0] [email protected](sel.file.title))
      item(mode=single type='file' [email protected]>0 title="Extension" tip=["  " + sel.file.ext + "  ",0,0] [email protected](sel.file.ext))
    }
    ...
    ...
  }
}

[moudey]

Moving static items directly to dynamic items is not currently supported

[Mark-Joy]

If the structure is "dynamic" then "static", should it be easier?

dynamic
{
  menu(type='file|dir|drive|namespace|back' mode=multiple title='File manage' image=\uE0F8)
  {
    menu(separator=after title='Copy Path' [email protected]_path)
    {
      item([email protected] > 1 title='Copy (@sel.count) items selected' [email protected](sel(false, "\n")))
      item(mode=single title="Full Path" tip=[sel.path, 0,0] [email protected](sel.path))
      item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' [email protected]!=sel.path.len title="Short Path" tip=[sel.short, 0,0] [email protected](sel.short))
      item(mode=single type='file' separator=before find='.lnk' title='open file location')
      separator
      item(mode=single [email protected]>3 title="Parent" tip=[sel.parent,0,0] [email protected](sel.parent))
      separator
      item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' title="Name" tip=[sel.file.name,0,0] [email protected](sel.file.name))
      item(mode=single type='file' [email protected] != @sel.file.title.len title="Title" tip=[sel.file.title,0,0] [email protected](sel.file.title))
      item(mode=single type='file' [email protected]>0 title="Extension" tip=["  " + sel.file.ext + "  ",0,0] [email protected](sel.file.ext))
    }
    ...
    ...
  }
}

static
{
  item(find='HashMyFiles' parent="File manage")
}

[moudey]

It's not about the order of writing static and dynamic. But I will make it easier in the future.

[Mark-Joy]

@moudey Since this feature is essential for me, may I know how far in the future we can have this feature supported?

[moudey]

Since this feature is essential for me, may I know how far in the future we can have this feature supported?

work on it

[moudey]

@Mark-Joy Move dynamic and static items to other sub menus. It will be available soon.

shell
{
    static
    {
        item(find='7-zip' pos=1 parent="/level 1")
        item(find='rar|cab|"*"' in='/level 1/7-zip/open archive' vis=disabled)
    }
	
    dynamic
    {
        menu(mode=multiple title='level 1' image=#a00)
        {
            item(title='item 1')
            menu(title='level 2')
            {
                item(title='item 2')
            }
        }

        item(mode=multiple title='item 3' pos=bottom image=#0a0 parent='/level 1/7-zip/open archive')
        item(mode=multiple title='item 4' pos=1 image=#0a0 parent='/level 1')
    }
}

[moudey]

Hi @Mark-Joy Please test this build

shell
{
    static
    {
        item(find='7-zip' pos=1 parent="/level 1")
        item(find='rar|cab|"*"' in='/level 1/7-zip/open archive' vis=disabled)
    }
	
    dynamic
    {
        menu(mode=multiple title='level 1' image=#a00)
        {
            item(title='item 1')
            menu(title='level 2')
            {
                item(title='item 2')
            }
        }

        item(mode=multiple title='item 3' pos=bottom image=#0a0 parent='/level 1/7-zip/open archive')
        item(mode=multiple title='item 4' pos=1 image=#0a0 parent='/level 1')
    }
}