'Faux' Total Commander Lister plugin to view file comments stored in descript.ion files.
(mimicking QuickView by overlaying edit control on the target panel)

It can be used in combination with QuickView: when QuickView is activated, the bottom half the panel is reserved for QVD.
This can can be disabled (setting QuickViewOff)

Setup a button, start menu or usercmd entry (allows you to assign a shortcut) in TC to start the script while TC is running.
Alternatively setup a #IfWinActive AutoHotkey hotkey to start QVD.

If the TC source directory does not contain a descript.ion file, QVD will display a warning and exit.

QVD exits when:

• TAB or Esc are pressed
• Switching directories
• Tray menu: Right click, Exit

Starting QVD for the first time will create a settings file (qvd.ini) in the Scripts directory.
Edit manually (in notepad.exe or preferred text editor) to change settings.

Keys:

; Only set if it is not the TC ^q (ctrl+q)
; ^ = ctrl, + = shift, ! = alt, # = winkey.
QuickViewHotkey=
; QuickViewOff: to disable QuickView + half size set to 1 
QuickViewOff=

; name of font e.g. Segui, Arial, MS sans serif
Font=
; size in points e.g. 12
FontSize=

; color values in HTML RGB format or one of the available keywords:
; Aqua, Black, Blue, Fuchsia, Gray, Green, Lime, Maroon
; Navy, Olive, Purple, Red, Silver, Teal, White, Yellow
; (default black and white)
ForegroundColor=
BackgroundColor=

Does not take into account:

• Custom panel widths in combination with QuickView - overlay will have incorrect dimensions in such cases
• Moving TC window once QVD is activated (GUI remains at start position)
• Update file comments if edited while QVD is active (restart required)
• TC's QuickView being active BEFORE starting QVD - it won't be able to set the view to half the height of the panel.

• Multiline file comment: https://github.com/hi5/_resources/blob/master/qvdmultilline.png
• Multiline file comment with QuickView: https://github.com/hi5/_resources/blob/master/qvdmultilline_qv.png

A standalone descript.ion files viewer using two panels (file list (left), file comment (right)).

To view a descript.ion file, start script and:

• Drag & Drop a folder on the GUI
• Drag & Drop a file on the GUI - it doesn't have to be a descript.ion file as it will look for a descript.ion file in the folder of the dropped file.
• or start with a folder as argument:

description_viewer.ahk c:\path\to\folder\

If a descript.ion file can not be found or read, QVD will display a warning message.

It will show all files listed in the descript.ion file. Use "File(s) Exist" checkbox to check which file(s) actually exist.
An asterisk * infront of the file name indicates it is not present.

Use the mouse or Up and Down keys to browse the file list (left). Esc to close.

• descript.ion Viewer (standalone): https://github.com/hi5/_resources/blob/master/description_viewer.png

• Class_CtlColors.ahk by just me
• ListboxActions.ahk by Crash&Burn

MIT License - Copyright (c) https://github.com/hi5