Options Menus

Overview

• Menus in TE are dynamically generated by adding items defined here and Menus tab of add-ons to "base menus".
• You can customize the menus through these pages. See Record list and details.
• If you want to hide any item from a menu, use "Menu item filter" add-on.
• To remove a whole menu from menu bar, use User style sheet add-on with
  #MenuMenuName { display: none; }
• When you invoke a menu, you can keep Shift key pressed to show certain advanced items from Windows Explorer.

Menu	How to invoke the menu	Base menu	"Base"
Context	Right-click selection in a file list.	Context menu of selection in a file list predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items removed.	Context
Background	Right-click background of a file list.	Context menu of folder predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items removed.	Background
Tabs	Right-click a tab or tab background.	None.	Normal
Tree	Right-click selected folder tree node.	Context menu of tree node predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items added and removed.	Context
File	Choose "File" from menu bar.	Context menu of selection in a file list predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items removed; OR Context menu of folder predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items removed (when there is no selection).	File
Edit	Choose "Edit" from menu bar.	Edit menu predefined by Windows Explorer.	Edit
View	Choose "View" from menu bar.	View menu predefined by Windows Explorer, with some items added and removed.	View
Favorites	Choose "Favorites" from menu bar.	Favorites menu predefined by TE.	Favorites
Tools	Choose "Tools" from menu bar.	None.	Normal
Help	Choose "Help" from menu bar.	Help menu predefined by TE.	Help
Systray	Right-click TE icon in System Tray (Notification Area). You must have enabled Systray add-on.	System tray menu predefined by the add-on.	Normal
System	Right-click TE title bar.	Application window menu predefined by Windows.	Normal

Menu level settings

Note: You do not need to click the Replace button after changing these settings.

Base
This setting indicates the base menu.
If you want to build the menu from scratch without base menu, set it to "Normal".

Position
Position relative to base menu items at which the items will be added.

• 0 and above (0, 1, ...) = before the first, second, etc.
• -1 and below (-1, -2, ...) = after the last, second last, etc.

Item level settings

Name
Menu item. You can precede a shortcut key by &. && stands for a single &.
To enable translation, keep Shift key pressed when you click the Add button or Replace button.

Key
Hot key (optional). It is always available when the focus is on a file list (or folder tree for Tree menu), even when the item is hidden due to "Filter".

Filter
Condition to show the item (optional).
You can specify ".folder" to filter for folders as if it were a file name extension. Folder types include file folder, drive, system folder, network computer, network share and library.

Menu	Filter is blank	Filter is specified
Tree	Always show	Show the item only if the path of the selected folder tree node matches filter.
Context	Always show	Show the item only if the path of the first selected item matches filter.
Background	Always show	Show the item only if the path of current tab matches filter.
File / Edit / View / Favorites / Tools / Help / Systray	Always show	Show the item only if: * the path of the first selected item matches filter; OR * the path of current tab matches filter (if there is no selection).
Tabs	Always show	Show the item only if the path of the tab matches filter; AND Hide the item for tab background.
System	Always show	Always hide

Type and Options
See Type.
You can click the "Test" button to execute the command without closing the page.

Icon
Icon path and size (optional).
See Options General - Icon.