XYplorer’s Hidden Treasure

Since it seems I didn't pay enough attention to a feature that's very important for the users, as it can be seen in the comment below, I'm getting back to this review for a while to make things right. Now, let's complete the chain of time-saving features that are closely related to the Favorites part...

I mentioned Favorites because Internet Explorer and other Web browsers made this feature notorious, and file managers started to use it too, after a while. XYplorer has Favorites, as well as a Hotlist, both aimed at users looking to achieve things as quick as possible, but the Catalog is another time-saving weapon of this program, so let's check it out!

To display the Catalog, you can go to the Window menu and check the option simply called Show Catalog, but the easiest way to display and hide the Catalog pane is to use the F8 keyboard shortcut. When the Catalog is displayed below the Tree for the first time, it's empty, but you can easily start adding items to it.

While most file managers are limited to managing files and folders, XYplorer's Catalog can also store Web pages, and all items you store here can be easily customized. Anyway, apart from the one-click approach to file navigation offered by the Catalog, the best part is that I just discovered a revolutionary file copy/move solution, since you can simply drag and drop items into the Catalog, about the same way as it is possible in classic file managers that use two panes!

One of the few things that I don't really like about the Catalog is that new items can't be added using drag and drop operations, but I understand that this may interfere with the operation described above, so I can't complain. After all, moving files is something that occurs more often than adding new items to the Catalog...

Regarding the support part, I didn't have the chance to test the speed of response yet, but I must confess the built-in Help system and the online documentation are absolutely amazing, so if you really want to switch to this program, all you need is the desire to study and become an XYplorer (e)Xpert.

As my last words for now, all I can say is that I hardly wait the next version to become available, so I am going to start using this trial as an alternative to the "great classics" until my 30 days trial period run out.

If you missed the previous article about XYplorer, you can read it here.