[Feature request] Allow user to allocate hotkeys to context menu items also

[Raindrops]

I have installed the most powerful renamer app (IMHO) called ReNamer.
I have added it to the context menu's Send to option.

I would like to select files/folders in search results and send them to ReNamer directly with a shortcut.
But the Options only provide hotkeys for menu system, not for context menu items.

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It would be great if we can allocate hotkeys to context menu options.

[void]

All well-defined context menu items can be assigned hotkeys.

To set a hotkey to a custom context menu item, either:

1). Use a custom open command
Set the hotkey to File | Custom Open 1
Set the command under Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> custom_open_command01.
Use %* in your command to execute renamer. (same behavior as the Send to option)



2). Use a custom verb
Set the hotkey to File | Custom Verb 1
Set the verb under Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> custom_verb01
For example:

renamer

Setup your verb and command under regedit -> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\renamer\command
(The verb here would be renamer).
This option will probably not work as each selected file is called separately.

[Raindrops]

Thanks for the prompt response!

I set an advanced > custom_open_command_01 as
$exec("C:\Program Files (x86)\Util\ReNamer\ReNamer.exe" "%*")

Then I set its hotkey to 1 (all other hotkeys are already assigned to different functions).
But when I select a few files and then press 1, it launches ReNamer, but without any files loaded in it.

If I use the context menu of the selection and select Send to > ReNamer option, it sends all files to ReNamer correctly.
What could be wrong?

Update 1:
I tried to insert the escape character "$" in the path as follows
$exec("C:\Program Files $(x86$)\Util\ReNamer\ReNamer.exe" "%*")
But the result is still the same.

Update 2:
The command can load the file when I use "%1" as parameter, but it launches a separate instance of ReNamer for each selected file.
But %* does not work at all.
It launches a single instance of ReNamer, but does not load any files in it.

[void]

Please try the following command:

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$exec("C:\Program Files $(x86$)\Util\ReNamer\ReNamer.exe" %*)

That is %* without the quotes.
Each filename is automatically quoted.

"%*"

will work as expected in Everything 1.5.0.1405a or later.

[Raindrops]

oh!

I am not a coder, so not familiar with coding/scripting syntax.

I removed the quotes around %* and it works fine!
Thanks!