The Catalog

The Catalog is a very powerful mouse-oriented interface. It is located right below the Tree, and has a large context menu (right-click the Catalog) where it can be configured.

The Catalog is organized in user-defined sections called "Categories" which can be collapsed like tree nodes. You add new items, e.g. a folder, to a Category by dragging it onto the Category-Header. Clicking such a folder item will browse that folder in the current tab and pane.

In conventional file management lingo the Catalog would be called a Favorites Panel. But it's much more than that...

It's a Favorites Panel, and much more than that...

The Catalog can combine distributed locations and items (local, LAN, web) under one heading. By a single click you can go to, copy, open, or launch them. You can also drop items onto the Catalog to move or copy them to folders or add them to Zip archives. You can backup distributed items combined in a Catalog category in one go. Simply select a Category and use the normal Edit commands (Copy, Copy To..., Backup To...); they will be applied to all file system items inside that Category. You can apply Visual Filters to the current file listing by a single click on a Catalog item defined as Visual Filter. Or you can start a one-click file search right from the Catalog. It can serve as a script library because you also can execute scripts directly from the Catalog. You move Catalog Items by dragging them to a new position, even to a new Category. The Catalog as well serves as Launch Panel for applications and data files. A single-click will open the application, or the file with its default application. Better still, simply drag'n'drop a file onto an application listed in the Catalog, and the file will be opened with that application.

The Catalog can also work as an Open-With Panel. Add an application to the Catalog, the open its "Properties" via the item's context menu you can define the item to open all selected list items with this application (see image on the right). Of course, command line parameters can be defined in the Properties as well.