Magellan Explorer contains several context menus to help you be more efficient managing your files. This section aims to give you an overview of what functionality is available from these menus.
File/folder context menu
This context menu is invoked by right clicking on a selected file or folder. Depending on you selection configuration you may need to hold the right mouse button depressed for a second before the menu appears. This context menu applies to all selected files and folders, not just the one you clicked.
The file/folder context menu is the same as the one present in Windows Explorer, including any 3rdparty extensions you may have installed, with some additional functionality. Only functionality specific to Magellan Explorer will be covered here.
Magellan Explorer viewer
Launches the currently selected file in the built in viewer. This is equivalent to applying the View tool. If multiple files are selected then only the first file will be shown initially. You may use the slide show feature (full version only) to flip through all the selected files.
Copy selection to clipboard
This item copies the full path of the currently selected files and folders to the clipboard. You can then paste them into any other application as text.
Note: Only the paths are copied, not the actual files. To copy the files/folders use the Copy item.
Copy MD5 sums to clipboard
Magellan Explorer can calculate so called MD5 checksums for files. This is a 128bit "fingerprint" and can be used for comparing files by simply comparing fingerprints instead of comparing the files byte-for-byte. As with the paths above, the MD5 checksums are copied to the clipboard, optionally with associated filenames or full paths.
Note: Calculating MD5 checksums on large files can take some time as the entire file must be read.
Add to archive
This is the same as creating an archive from the archive menu. The selected files will be added to the archive automatically when clicking OK in the archive dialog.
Add to
You can easily add a single selected file to an archive using this item. It is only available when a single file or folder is selected.
Delete, Folder Size, Search, Split, Join and Rename
These items are equivalent to using the tools by the same names.
Folder window context menu
The folder window context menu is invoked by either right clicking on the label box above the folder window or right clicking an empty section after the last file/folder in the folder window (only possible when the folder window is not filled entirely). This context menu is also available by right clicking in the FTP information window, if open.
The contents of the context menu varies depending on whether the folder is a file system folder, an archive or an FTP site. However, all items available in this menu is also available from other menus so this section will not go into detail explaining them all.