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7plus - Features.wiki

Below is a list of features. You can enable/disable each feature one by one in the settings dialog. Watch the videos to see how it works!

As 7plus is highly configurable, it is possible to create your own features as well by combining different triggers, conditions and actions. The list below only covers the most popular features, there are also numerous small other tweaks.

Explorer

  • Store favorite folders and recall them for very fast navigation (Video 1) (Video 2)
  • Upload files, screenshots and clipboard content directly to an FTP server with just one hotkey (Video)
  • Create new folders and textfiles by pressing F8/F7 (Video)
  • Paste text or image from clipboard as file (Video)
  • Open any file in your favorite text/image editor by pressing F3 (Video)
  • Copy filenames (ALT+C) and Filepaths (CTRL+ALT+C) (Video)
  • Append files to the clipboard without replacing the current clipboard (Video)
  • Go upwards by double clicking on free space in the file list (Video)
  • Scroll the explorer tree without activating it (Video)
  • Execute files which are only focussed but not selected with Enter (Video)
  • Automatically select first file when you enter a directory (Video)
  • Hold down right mouse button and click left to go back (Video)
  • CTRL+S: Select files by entering a file filter such as ".jpg"
  • CTRL + H: Advanced Renaming and Replacing in files
  • Create new context menu entries
Windows 7/Vista specific
  • Show favorite folders in the explorer folder band bar like Web Browser favorite bars (Video)
  • Make Backspace go upwards again (Video)
  • Show free space and selected file size in status bar (Video)
  • Automatically check "Apply to all further operations" checkboxes in file operation dialog boxes (Video)

Window Handling, Taskbar

  • Set windows to be "Always on top" by right clicking the title bar (Video)
  • Close windows by middle clicking task buttons (Video)
  • Execute a program by double clicking the taskbar (Video)
  • Move windows out of the screen and have them slide in when you move the mouse to the border (Video)
  • Activate blinking windows and toggle between current and previous window with Capslock (Video)
  • Close programs by middle clicking the title bar (Video)
  • Kill programs by pressing ALT+F5 or right clicking the close button (Video)
  • Adjust audio volume with mouse wheel up/down over taskbar
  • Take screenshots (screen, windows and regions) and upload them to an image hoster or to FTP, save them to disk or copy to clipboard.
Windows 7/Vista specific
  • Activate Aero Flip 3D by moving the mouse to the top left corner of the screen
  • Change the desktop wallpaper by middle clicking on the desktop (Win7 only) (Video)

  • Cycle through windows by clicking on a task group button (Win7 only) (Video)

    Misc

  • Accessor, a launcher tool similar to Programs like Launchy or Exekutor with many plugins to launch programs, browse file system, uninstall software, ...

  • Paste previous clipboard text entries by pressing WIN+V (Video)
  • Use a Joypad/Gamepad to remote control the mouse, keyboard and zoom (Video)
  • Open current folder in CMD by pressing WIN+C and enable CTRL+V to paste and ALT+F4 in CMD (Video)
  • Rotate images in Windows Picture Viewer by pressing R and L