Kirilla : BeOS : FolderShaper

  Make your folders look perfect!

Set up template folders, with icons, layout, background, etc, and use this tool to retro-fit looks and layout on your existing folders.

Download
1.0   Unlimited & free. (source will be available later)

How to use it
FolderShaper can be used in 2 ways..

1. as a normal application
-- drop folders on the application window

2. as a Tracker add-on
-- right-click on a folder and choose
FolderShaper from the add-ons menu

You start by creating a set of template folders, after which you can apply the looks/layout of these, to any other folders. (except a few vital system folders, /boot/home/Desktop, etc)

Install
FolderShaper can live anywhere on your BeOS disk, but if you intend to use it as a Tracker add-on, you need to put FolderShaper, or a link or copy of it, in this folder.

Issues
- BeOS' Menu preferences have to be set to "Click to Open"
or the FolderShaper popup menu will just flash by,
not letting you choose anything.
- Sometimes FolderShaper has trouble re-opening a folder after having shaped it. Nothing to worry about. Just open the folder manually.
- "Keep open" doesn't work when set to "Delete original folder".

2.0 vision
- Command-Line arguments
- Progress bar
- Resizable window
- Restore Tracker selection
- Security check override
- PowerPC version ?
..

Disclaimer
This software may contain bugs, bugs that may or may not wreak havoc. Software is provided "as is".

Contact
Jonas Sundström @ kirilla.com

Screenshots


The Application Window


The Application Menu


The Settings Menu


Dropping a Template folder on the Application


Dropping a Folder on the Application


Using the Tracker add-on on a folder