[FEATURE] Option to show full file path in statusbar about qownnotes HOT 16 CLOSED

Currently, the left side is used to actually show when something is happening, e.g. notes got stored. 🤔

Qt actually handles this by using addWidget instead of addPermanentWidget. I tested it by reloading the scripting engine via the menu. Usage of showStatusBarMessage will show the message for the timeout specified, and then it reverts back to displaying the file path.

But I'd even would look at a pull request in QOwnNotes, if you would want to work on that.

Some things that come to mind:

• Resetting of that label when no note or a new note is selected would need to work better

• There needs to be a new checkbox in the Editor settings to turn that feature on

• It would maybe even nice to copy the path to the clipboard when double-clicking the note path

  • This action should then also be shown as status text for a status text

I'll work on a PR with these ideas in mind.

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Hey @pbek, I haven't even started working on it other than the patch in the first post. I'll be more than happy to defer back to you.

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Currently, the left side is used to actually show when something is happening, e.g. notes got stored. 🤔

Normally, I'd say, you could implement that yourself with the help of https://www.qownnotes.org/scripting/methods-and-objects.html#registering-a-label.

But I'd even would look at a pull request in QOwnNotes, if you would want to work on that.

Some things that come to mind:

• Resetting of that label when no note or a new note is selected would need to work better
• There needs to be a new checkbox in the Editor settings to turn that feature on
• It would maybe even nice to copy the path to the clipboard when double-clicking the note path
  • This action should then also be shown as status text for a status text

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Great! 😉

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Do you need any help, @justinbeaty?

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I have something more with this in mind, I think I'll do it myself 😊

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24.5.10

• The absolute path of the current note will now be shown in the status bar
  (for #3023)
  • You can turn on and off the display of the path in the status bar in the
    Interface settings
    • There also is an option to only show the relative path of the note
  • Different shades are used for the note folder path, the subfolder path and
    the note file name
  • The text will be trimmed if there is not enough space to show the complete path
  • If you right-click the text, you will get a context menu to copy the absolute
    note path, the path of the note subfolder or the path of the note folder

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There now is a new release, could you please test it and report if it works for you?

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Under Non-Windows OSes I replace the home-directory path by ~ to save space, do you think I should also do that under Windows or would that confuse people? 🤔

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@pbek This works great, I really appreciate the feature.

I'd be okay with ~ since I'm used to the convention, but it would probably confuse others. I think it's okay how it is.

I see only one small cosmetic problem, the very first slash after the document root C:/Users/Justin/Documents/Notes is black instead of dark grey.

Possible this only happens on Windows due to whatever method returning a trailing slash on one platform vs the other. Otherwise I tested absolute vs relative, long file names, etc, and all looked good.

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Thank you, so I'll leave the full path.

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I did it in the foreground color on purpose to get another visual clue if the contrast (or eyesight) is not so good.

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Got it, then it’s working perfect for me. Thank you again for the feature!

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Great!
I'm thinking about turning the showing of the path on by default in the next release (it's now off by default)...
Would this annoy you if you hadn't wished for the feature yourself? 😊

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24.6.0

• The absolute path of the current note will now be shown in the status bar
  by default (for #3023)

😉

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@pbek It wouldn't annoy me, and that sort of information used to be much more commonly displayed in status bars. Anyway with it being togglable, it shouldn't annoy anyone I wouldn't think.

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Great, thank you. 😊

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