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I’ve been using WindHawk for a bit, and my favourite mods have been: - Slick Window Arrangement (better window snapping): https://windhawk.net/mods/slick-windo

I’ve been using WindHawk for a bit, and my favourite mods have been: - Slick Window Arrangement (better window snapping): https://windhawk.net/mods/slick-window-arrangement https://windhawk.net/mods/slick-window-arrangement - Better file sizes in Explorer details: https://windhawk.net/mods/explorer-details-better-file-sizes https://windhawk.net/mods/explorer-details-better-file-sizes

fifticon 7mo ago
file sizes in explorer is my pet peeve, it should be a builtin. When I am coding and making small projects, I want to see the bytes. I hate that everything is shown as "1 or 2 k". and it is a hazzle to get access to and install of the mods that show bytes column. It should just be an extra column available by default 'Byte Size'.
- RGamma 7mo ago
  Or automatic column width. Or even setting the same column widths for all folders (try it, it's tough without 3rd party tools). Or the UI hangs with network folders. Or the search that never finds anything. I could go on...
  - layer8 7mo ago
    For the first item, there’s at least a keyboard shortcut that I use regularly: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121030-00/?p=6223 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121030-00/?p=62...
    - RGamma 7mo ago
      It would take one teeny tiny setting to always do this, yet it seems so far away...
      - layer8 7mo ago
        As an approximation, you could use AutoHotKey to have the key press sent every 200ms when an Explorer window has focus. ;) Personally, I wouldn’t want to have it automatically, because sometimes you have really long file names, or other columns that can get arbitrarily wide. There would also have to be a configurable maximum column width.
        RGamma 7mo ago
        Nah no workaround. I'll take the hit until I can switch to something better on my work PC. Several decisions Microsoft has taken make it more likely that I'll invest the time. May as well try to un-Microsoft my org (at least to the degree I'm involved) while I'm at it.

fifticon 7mo ago

file sizes in explorer is my pet peeve, it should be a builtin. When I am coding and making small projects, I want to see the bytes. I hate that everything is shown as "1 or 2 k". and it is a hazzle to get access to and install of the mods that show bytes column. It should just be an extra column available by default 'Byte Size'.

RGamma 7mo ago
Or automatic column width. Or even setting the same column widths for all folders (try it, it's tough without 3rd party tools). Or the UI hangs with network folders. Or the search that never finds anything. I could go on...
- layer8 7mo ago
  For the first item, there’s at least a keyboard shortcut that I use regularly: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121030-00/?p=6223 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121030-00/?p=62...
  - RGamma 7mo ago
    It would take one teeny tiny setting to always do this, yet it seems so far away...
    - layer8 7mo ago
      As an approximation, you could use AutoHotKey to have the key press sent every 200ms when an Explorer window has focus. ;) Personally, I wouldn’t want to have it automatically, because sometimes you have really long file names, or other columns that can get arbitrarily wide. There would also have to be a configurable maximum column width.
      - RGamma 7mo ago
        Nah no workaround. I'll take the hit until I can switch to something better on my work PC. Several decisions Microsoft has taken make it more likely that I'll invest the time. May as well try to un-Microsoft my org (at least to the degree I'm involved) while I'm at it.