Editing Total Commander (section)

== Cursor movement mode of Total Commander ==
{{Software version| software=Total Commander | url=http://www.ghisler.com/ |  version=9.12a }}

=== Purpose ===
Go to the parent folder or enter the folder more easy by the keyboard/cursor movement: 

(1) go to the parent folder
* Press {{kbd | key= ←}} will jump to the top of folder {{kbd | key = <nowiki>[..]</nowiki>}}
* At the top of folder {{kbd | key = <nowiki>[..]</nowiki>}}, Press {{kbd | key= ←}} will go to the parent folder

(2) enter the sub folder
* Press {{kbd | key= →}} will open sub folder or open the archive file under cursor.

=== Configuration ===
New cursor movement mode in the [Configuration] region 
* Menu -> Configuration -> Change Settings Files Directly
* Edit %APPDATA%\GHISLER\WINCMD.INI
* add the following line (note: not insert after this line [FileSystemPlugins64] ...)
<pre>
[Configuration]
SpecialCursorMovement=3 
...
...
[FileSystemPlugins64]
...
</pre>
* Save the modified WINCMD.INI file and restart the Total Commander

=== Instruction from official manual ===
<pre>
New cursor movement mode. Sum of the following:
	1: Left key jumps to first file, right key to last
	2: Left key goes one directory up, right key opens directory/archive under cursor.
	4: Override horizontal scrollbar in custom columns view. If this option isn't set, the cursor will jump only to the first file if the horizontal scrollbar is already at the leftmost position.
	8: Jump one page up/down instead of jumping to the first/last file
</pre>

: (from the official HELP file -> title: Settings in the file wincmd.ini )

* 3 means
** 'Left key' jumps to first file, and press twice 'Left key' will go one directory up
** 'Right key' will open directory/archive under cursor.

=== Troubleshooting ===
* [https://errerrors.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-cursor-movement-mode-is-not-work.html Err: New cursor movement mode was not work (Total Commander 7.02a)]