Context Menus

Context Menus provide a very convenient way to tell TurboFTP to do something with the right target(s).

The following context menus are available in TurboFTP:

• Context Menu in Local Browser Pane
• Context Menu in Remote Browser Pane
• Context Menu in Log Window
• Context Menu in Queue Window

Context Menu in Local Browser Pane

The following menu items are visible when you right click on the write space in the Local Browser Pane.

• Up a directory: Use this command to go to the parent directory.
• List View: Displays items in a list.
• Details View: Displays all information of each item.
• Select All: Selects all the items.
• Arrange Icons: This popup menu provides different sorting methods to arrange items in the Local Browser Pane. Items can be sorted by name, by size, by type or by date.
• Group Select: Use this to select files that match a given filename pattern (wildcard). You can choose to apply wildcard to folder names and whether previous selection is cleared first or remains.
• Refresh: Refresh the contents of the Local Browser Pane.
• Make new directory: Use this command to make a new folder in the current local directory.
• Find: Use this command to find an item containing given string. It can also be invoked by CTRL-F.
• Find Next: Continue to search in the local browser pane another item targeted by the last Find action. You may use F3 to do the same too.
• Set default directory: Use this command to make TurboFTP remember the current local directory and display the same directory next time TurboFTP starts. This is equivalent to set the Initial Local Folder to current directory in General tab of the Options dialog. The following menu items are visible when you right click on one or more items in the local browser pane.
• Add to Queue: Use this command to add selected items to the transfer queue for uploading. You can also drag it/them to the Queue Window. When you are not connected to any FTP server at the moment you add item into transfer queue, the fields for destination path and host will be inserted "unknown", indicating that whenever a connection is established and the queue transfer is started, the current remote directory will be used. Of course you can change it using Edit Queue Entry in the context menu of Queue Window.
• Compress: Compresses selected file(s)/folder(s) into an archive in format zip, tgz, gzip or tar.
• Decompress: Decompresses an archive.
• View/Open Selected: Use this command to open the selected file or folder. If a folder is selected, TurboFTP opens the folder in a Windows Explorer window. If a file is selected, TurboFTP tries to open this file with associated program. For example, if you have selected a file with an extension html, TurboFTP will open it with the default Internet browser of your system.
• Move to: Use this command to move the selected files/folders to another directory. A dialog will pop open and let you specify the destination path. You can choose from the recently used destination paths.
• Copy to: Use this command to copy the selected files/folders to another directory. A dialog will pop open and let you specify the destination path. You can choose from the recently used destination paths.
• Delete file/directory: Use this command to remove file(s) in the local file system. A popup dialog will let you confirm this action. Pressing Delete key on the keyboard has the same effect. The selected file(s) will be deleted to the Recycle Bin. If you want to permanently remove the selected entries from the file system, press Shift at the same time to launch the action.
• Rename: This command pops up a dialog and lets you enter a new name for the selected file or folder and then renames it.
• Set default directory: Set initial local directory to the current one, equivalent to [Options | General | Initial Local Folder].

Context Menu in Log Window

• Copy Selected: Copy selected text to the Clipboard.
• Copy All: Copy all text in the Log Window to the Clipboard.
• Clear: Clear the Log Window.
• Freeze: Disable auto scroll.
• View welcome message: Bring up the welcome message of the current server.
• View directory message: Bring up the server message for the current remote directory. If grayed out, it is not available.
• Input FTP command: Send a custom FTP command to server.

Context Menu in Queue Window

• Move: Use this popup menu to move selected queue entries upward or downward.
• Clear Queue: Use this command to clear the transfer queue. All queued entries will be removed.
• Remove entry from queue: Remove the selected entry from queue.
• Edit Queue Entry: Use this command to modify the source path and destination path of the selected entry.
• Transfer Queue: Start transferring the queue.

Context Menu in Remote Browser Pane

The following menu items are visible when you right click on the write space in the Remote Browser Pane.

• Up a directory: Use this command to go to the parent directory.
• Change directory: Use this command to go to a directory. You will be asked to provide the directory path.
• Manual DownloadL Use this command to download a file by manually providing the full path. TurboFTP will try to download the file to the current local directory.
• List View: Displays items in a list.
• Details View: Displays all information of each item.
• Select All: Selects all the items.
• Group Select: Use this to select files that match a given filename pattern (wildcard). You can choose to apply wildcard to folder names and whether previous selection is cleared first or remains.
• Arrange Icons: This popup menu provides different sorting methods to arrange items in the Remote Browser Pane. Items can be sorted by name, by size, by type or by date.
• Refresh: Refreshes the contents of the Remote Browser Pane. TurboFTP will retrieve the directory list from the FTP server and display it again.
• View Raw Listing: Displays the raw listing of the current remote folder in Notepad.
• Report Total Size: This command scans the whole directory hierarchy of the current remote folder and finds out the total size and number of files in it.
• Make new directory: Use this command to make a new folder in the current directory on the remote server.
• Find: Use this command to find an item containing given string. It can also be invoked by CTRL-F.
• Find Next: Continue to search in the Remote Browser Pane another item targeted by the last Find action. You may use F3 to do the same too.

The following menu items are visible when you right click on one or more items in the Remote Browser Pane.

• Add to Queue: Use this command to add selected items to the transfer queue for downloading. You can also drag it/them to the Queue Window.
• View/Open Selected: Use this command to open the selected file. If a file is selected, TurboFTP tries to download this file. After the file is successfully downloaded, TurboFTP will open it with the associated program on your system.
• Delete file/directory: Use this command to remove a file or directory in the remote file system. Recursive delete is supported. A popup dialog will let you confirm this action.
• Rename: This command pops up a dialog and lets you enter a new name for the selected file or folder and then renames it.
• Move to: Use this command to move the selected remote file or a folder to another remote directory. Enter the full path of the directory you want to move it to.
• Change Attribute: This command is for advanced user. When selected, a dialog will pop up and let you set the attribute of the selected file or folder, namely rights of read, write and execute for different users. You can select multiple items and give them the same attribute. Note that some FTP servers do not support this function.
• Set default directory: Set the initial remote directory to the current directory, so that the next time you connect to this site that directory will be displayed right after logon. This command will actually update the Initial Remote Folder text field in the FTP Site Address Book, but without your opening it.