RequestInfo

RequestInfo(<index>)

Gets some useful information from Total Commander. This feature only works in versions 9.0b and above.

Parameters

index

The index of the value to get. See table below.

Index values

When called with an index from 1 to 29, the function returns handles to various areas of the program window.

1	Left file list.
2	Right file list.
3	Active file list.
4	Inactive file list.
5	Left header.
6	Right header.
7	Left size panel.
8	Right size panel.
9	Left path panel.
10	Right path panel.
11	Left info panel. Currently unavailable.
12	Right info panel. Currently unavailable.
13	Left dropdown disk list.
14	Right dropdown disk list.
15	Left panel (available when tabs opened, near area).
16	Right panel (available when tabs opened, near area).
17	Bottom panel (with functional buttons).
18	Left folder tree.
19	Right folder tree.
20	Commandline.
21	Current directory panel.
22	Inplace editor field.
23	Panel splitter.
24	Left drive panel.
25	Right drive panel.
26	Left tab panel.
27	Right tab panel.
28	Buttonbar.
29	Vertical buttonbar.

When called with an index between 1000 and 1012, the function returns the following information:

1000	Active panel: 1 if left, 2 if right.
1001	The number of items in the left pane.
1002	The number of items in the right pane.
1003	The total number of items in the left pane (including those hidden by the quick filter).
1004	The total number of items in the right pane (including those hidden by the quick filter).
1005	The number of selected items in the left pane.
1006	The number of selected items in the right pane.
1007	The index of the current element in the left pane (where the cursor is). The countdown starts from zero.
1008	The index of the current element in the right pane (on which the cursor is located). The countdown starts from zero.
1009	Index of the first element in the left pane (0 if there is no transition to the parent directory, 1 if there is).
1010	Index of the first element in the right pane (0 if there is no transition to the parent directory, 1 if there is).
1011	The index of the first file in the left pane. The count starts from zero, returns -1 if there are no files.
1012	The index of the first file in the right pane. The count starts from zero, returns -1 if there are no files.