Vista Details Pane in XP - possible?

[joncgde2]

hello all

i've been lurking around for a while and just thought i'd throw up a quick question here that someone might hopefully be able to answer...

just wondering if it is possible to get the Details Pane from Vista running on XP... if it hasn't been done yet, would something like that be difficult?

I mean XP can already handle metadata in the Details tab in Properties... it might not have "tags" like in Vista, but "keywords" would suffice

but some sort of explorer addon in XP similar to the details pane in Vista would be great...

cheers

jon

[joncgde2]

OK so I found something kind-of exciting earlier today!

Looks like XP can have a panel of sorts at the bottom of the screen, a la Vista's details pane.

Here's a screenie of it:

Admittedly this seems only to be a HTML panel (the "tips" are HTML files) BUT surely this can be somehow recoded to have a custom panel that displays info there?

I mean a custom pane was able to be made on the side (i.e. findexer), so I'm hoping there's some way this "Tip of the Day" pane can also be used as a template with which to recreate some sort of details pane like Vista has.

Hopefully someone out there is interested in this? Anyone?

Edited April 4, 2008 by joncgde2

[ricktendo]

I cant see the screenshot

[joncgde2]

ok i changed the link you should be able to see it now (Y)

[ricktendo]

Thats called findexer

[joncgde2]

lol yes i know that! I've referred to it in my post! I'm talking about the pane at the BOTTOM!

If findexer can be made to run where the "Folders" pane is, then can there be something made to run where the "did you know" pane is?

Like a custom pane that makes a call (or whatever you call it) to the location of the "did you know" pane should be possible, right?

And then instead of displaying HTML code, a custom toolbar could inject properties of the current file selected, and simple modifications... similar to how the Details pane in Vista works.

EDIT: I also found this on the MSDN website... could this be of any use? link: here

Edited April 5, 2008 by joncgde2