Multiple Folders in Build mode

[fgump]

Perhaps this has been requested before or there is a way to do it, but I cannot find it. I've been using ImgBurn for a while now and like it very much! I've recommended it to many friends of mine too. However, recently a friend asked me how to use it to backup all their pictures onto a DVD. I was very surprised that when I went into build mode that I could not add multiple folders from within the My Pictures folder. I had to add each folder individually. Would it be possible to please allow multiple selection of folders in the open window where we select the folders/files? This would greatly speed things up.

 

Thank you very much,

 

FGump

[mmalves]

With ImgBurn open and in Build mode, use Windows Explorer/My Computer to select all the folders you want to burn and drag them to ImgBurn's window, on the Source area. If you find it difficult to target there, click the green arrow to make it almost as big as ImgBurn. If you do it right all the folders will be added at once.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Yeah I'm afraid the standard windows dialog boxes just don't allow for selecting multiple folders.

 

Explorer -> Drag + Drop is the only way to do it.

[lfcrule1972]

Works tho......

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Does it? I've never used the drag'n'drop thingy. If I could add folders from the context menu......... now that would be snappy. Infact, just thinking about it gives me a chubby. Lightning, what are the chances?

[LOCOENG]

That is excellent info...I think I'm feeling a rise as well.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Slim to none I'm afraid shamus. Too much pissing around with shell extensions and extra dll's.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Crap. I was hoping you'd say yes. There's no simple way to import the files with something like an .sfv file or whatever? I'm trying to get a basic understanding of what's involved.

[blutach]

Have you guys considered an IBB project file?

 

Regards

[quietbritishjim]

I don't think it's really important to have a direct way to do it in the UI, so long as it's possible, which of course it is thanks to drag and drop from explorer. However it's a bit cryptic, which is why I came to this forum requesting exactly the same thing before I found out in this thread that it was possible (hurray for search!)

 

So my request is, could we make this more obvious in the UI so that no-one needs to come to this forum to find this out? I was initially thinking that there could be an extra button whose tooltip was "add multiple files/folders" that just brought up a dialogue saying "to do this, drap and drop from Windows explorer or another file management program", but it doesn't look there's space and some users might find it annoying that there's a button that doesn't really "work". Perhaps we could take away a line from the file list (I know that space is precious, but there's the large view) so you can put underneath "tip: you can drag here from explorer".