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cracksloth:
maybe everyone already knows this but you can currently access the context menu using only the keyboard (although it is a slow process).  just perform a search and select the result of interest using the arrow keys.  then press the "context menu button" (that weird key introduced with the windows key that no one uses).  it will give you the context menu (and you can continue to the windows context menu using the arrow keys).

my suggestion would be to create a coding snack that creates a new popout submenu in the traditional explorer context menu of windows.  in this submenu you could place common actions specific to a certain filetype(s).  this would be a useful tool separately *but* you could create a special menu for f&r that will graphically list the actions found in this submenu.  it would allow users quick access to the most frequent actions for that item without being overwhelmed with the large number of options available in the explorer context menu.

so basically it looks like we have 5 potential actions for a result item:
  - select an item:  arrow keys or single-click
  - launch:  # key or double-clicking
  - f&r context menu:  by pressing the "context menu key" or right-clicking
  - explorer context menu:  by jumping around in the f&r context menu
  - action list proposed by nontroppo:  not yet completed


let's face it, you will never get all users to agree on the "best method".  i think that each user should be able to specify the method they prefer in the options.  here is a preliminary list of possible triggers:

mouse triggers:
    - single-click
    - double-click
    - right-click
    - middle-click

triggers with an implied item number:
    - # key short
    - # key long
    - ctrl+#
    - alt+#
    - win+#

triggers affecting the currently selected item(s):
    - tab
    - backspace
    - enter
    - space
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users could pick their own preferred trigger for each of the 5 actions written above.  it would also make it easier to expand the action list in the future.  for example, if a user wanted a hotkey to add an item to an alias group, to delete the item, etc.

it doesn't quite apply yet, but when you add support for finding other filetypes (multiple configurations or whatever you call it), it would be necessary to be able to select multiple files (using ctrl to select files one at a time and holding shift to select a group of files using the arrow keys).  this also makes your drag and drop support more useful.

that's about it!  good job mouser!

mouser:
very thoughtful summary.
i'm open to the idea of allowing user to choose triggers for what keys cause what reactions,
especially win+#, alt+# and ctrl+#

let me implement the functionality and then we can figure out how to offer the trigger customization.

we will be coming out with a context menu adding utility here at donationcoder soon so that would do what you're saying,
though i suspect that the people who requested this dont want to have to go into the menu and really want results in result window.

actually there might be a way for me to do that, at least for customized actions..  im going to think about it a little more and implement the regular expression stuff first and we can come back to it.

cracksloth:
could you explain:
though i suspect that the people who requested this dont want to have to go into the menu and really want results in result window
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i don't know that i understand this entirely  :)

mouser:
in this post: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=788.0
nontroppo described his idea, which as a i understand it was to somehow present context menu type results in a window that would be easily selectable using keyboard, much like the normal results are, rather than simply calling up the normal shell context menu.

i actually might consider such an approach with custom actions.

for example, imagin in options you could specify certain alias groups associated with filemasks,
so you could say:
"*.txt":
open $$1 in editor|C:\program files\uiltraedit\uedit.exe
open $$1 in notepatd|C:\program files\notepad\notepad.exe

then lets say you do a search for "taxes"
and the results are
1) mytaxes2005.txt
2) mytaxes2004.txt

ok so maybe we could do something like, you hit Alt+2
and then the results would change to:
1) open mytaxes2005.txt in editor
2) open mytaxes2005.txt in notepad

just an idea..

mouser:
the main downside i see to all this is, how much is it really going to add for all the work involved..
user would have to add those custom actions manually, wherase the context menu is already premade.

i guess i think i favor the simpler approach of being able to assign a hotkey to trigger context menu on an item, ie Alt+2 brings up system context menu for item 2.  Ctrl+2 brings up F&R context menu for it.

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