Open container folder in cmd but as a toolbar button ?

shodanx2

Hello,

I would like to have a toolbar button for this action

Is it possible to have that ?

thanks

Ekopalypse

One way would be using the PythonScript plugin.
Create a new script, give it a meaningful name and add something like this

from Npp import notepad, MENUCOMMAND

notepad.menuCommand(MENUCOMMAND.FILE_OPEN_CMD)

Add it, via the Configuration... menu item to the toolbar section

and restart npp.

PeterJones

@shodanx2 ,

Alternately, install the Customize Toolbar plugin, enable Plugins > Customize Toolbar > Custom Buttons, then edit ...\plugins\Config\CustomizeToolbar.btn to include something like the following:

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,onion.bmp,onion.ico,onion.ico
File,Open Containing Folder,Explorer,,*R:Ex,*G:Ex,*B:Ex

The first line uses a pair of BMP (16x16, 256 color) and ICO files I had readily available to do the open-containing-folder-in-cmd, and the second line does the explorer version: it uses a RED-background Ex if using Standard Icons, a GREEN-background Ex if using Fluent icons in Light Mode, and a BLUE-background Ex if using Fluent icons in Dark Mode:

As mentioned here, the extra spaces around the buttons are due to an unfixed bug in the CustomizeToolbar plugin. The workaround is to also define a replacement icon for the Show Symbol default toolbar entry using

View,Show Symbol,Show All Characters,,Icons\allChars.bmp,Icons\allChars_off.ico,Icons\allChars_off_dark.ico

That issue-comment has links to where you can get the BMP and two ICO files for that button.
But using that in addition to the commands I showed earlier will make the button toolbar more compact:

shodanx2

Hello

Thank you for the responses !

@Ekopalypse

I have tried this method

After installing PythonScript, it was unclear where I could add the script

open_containing_folder_in_cmd.py

I tried
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++ (no)
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins (no)
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript\scripts (maybe)

It still wouldn’t appear, until restart (this should, auto refresh I believe, when you open configuration at least ?)

It appeared in the menu

But not in the configuration page

Click on Plugins->Python Script-> Scripts -> open_containing_folder_in_cmd.py
Did open cmd.exe in the right location

Ah ok, from clicking the “new” script button

The path is
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts
The folder was not created during installation apparently !

Now it does appear !

And yes this works !

Thanks !

@PeterJones

Thanks for this suggestion

I gave this a try as well

Then I edited

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\CustomizeToolbar.btn

I pasted your suggested command
changed the file to a screenshot of the cmd.exe icon I took
I also added you suggested extra space fix

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,fRgHGCzWpi.png,fRgHGCzWpi.png,fRgHGCzWpi.png
View,Show Symbol,Show All Characters,,Icons\allChars.bmp,Icons\allChars_off.ico,Icons\allChars_off_dark.ico

This did not work yet

I used webservice
https://www.icoconverter.com/
To create a .ico file
with these settings

and I downloaded the 3 files from the github issues

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/PowerEditor/src/icons/standard/toolbar/allChars.bmp
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/PowerEditor/src/icons/light/toolbar/regular/allChars_off.ico
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/PowerEditor/src/icons/dark/toolbar/regular/allChars_off.ico

And I placed them in folder

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\Icons

Restarted notepad++

The icon appears and works but the icon is wrong

I tried these settings

Also does not work

also no

also no ???

Oh wait

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,cmd.ico,cmd.ico,cmd.ico

should have been

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,Icons\cmd.ico,Icons\cmd.ico,Icons\cmd.ico

Icon has disappeared !

ok, instead move the file to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config

change it back to

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,cmd.ico,cmd.ico,cmd.ico

restart npp

icon is back, but still question mark

Maybe the file is not 16x16 256 colours ?

Looks like it is as specified

Maybe something is wrong with the file …

I’m not good enough to mentally decode this, looks normal

Hmm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)

0x02 idType is 1 , which is ICO good
0x04 idCount is 1, just 1 image
0x06 ICONDIRENTRY struct

bWidth is 10 , which is width 16
bHeight is 10, which is width 16
bColorCount 0. does not use a pallette
wPlanes is 1, has color plane , whatever that is, 0 is black and white ?
wBitCount, it is 8 bit per pixel
dwBytesInRes, 1384 bytes ?? idk

…
onion.bmp,onion.ico,onion.ico

ah wait you have BMP in there ??

File,Open Containing Folder,cmd,,cmd.bmp,cmd.ico,cmd.ico

restart

woohoo !

Wow, I was about ready to give up there !

Thanks both of you, I will go with the CustomizeToolbar plugin as it give me that distinctive icon !