Why can’t I add the Recycle Bin to a Portal?
The Recycle Bin is a special icon type, it is not a normal file/folder, so it cannot be moved to a portal. Thanks to GitHub user wstanzl, here is a workaround:You can add an equivalent to recycle bin to your portal like this: Source: https://github.com/Ross-Patterson/Portals-Desktop-Organization/issues/251#issuecomment-2077922208
Do Portal folders have to be on the Desktop?
No! You can create your folders for your Portals in whatever location you like. (Or use existing folders). For example, you could create the following folder:C:\Users\<username>\Documents\PortalFolders Then in that folder you could create folders e.g.GamesApplicationsetc. Then create Portals from those folders – this way your desktop remains clean!
Can I create a Portal without a folder?
No. You can create a Portal from any existing folder, or create a new folder. Portals cannot be created without any folder at all since the folder is what the Portal displays the contents of.
Can I make a Portal transparent?
Yes! There is a transparency slider as part of the colour picker: NOTE:Setting transparency to 0 will make the window non-clickable. This is a Microsoft Windows limitation unfortunately, you can set to 1 to get the most transparency possible without the window becoming un-clickable.
Add Tabs to a Portal
You can add more folders to a folder as tabs, to do this from the Portal menu go to Tabs > Enable Tabs: After enabling tabs, the folder you current have in the Portal will appear as a tab: Once tabs are enabled, you can click the Add Tabs button to select a folder and […]
Navigate Within Portals
By default opening a folder will cause it to open in a new explorer window. You can change this behaviour in the settings: Once enabled opening a folder will navigate like so:
Using File Preview Integrations
Portals has support for integrations with two popular file preview tools: Quicklook (https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook) Seer (http://1218.io/) If you have either one of these tools installed, you can choose which integration to use from the settings (Currently under “Preview Features”):
Show/Hide All Portals Using Keyboard Shortcut
You may be such a minimalist that you may not even want the Portals to be permanently showing. You can assign a keyboard shortcut to quickly show and hide all of your Portals, enable it in the settings here: Then choose your keyboard shortcut: You are then good to go!
Using Peek
Peek is a tool that can bring all of your Portals to the top using a keyboard shortcut, giving you quick, easy access to your Portals. Enable it in the settings: Once enabled, you can also choose the keyboard shortcut you want to use: Tip: Try to choose a shortcut that will not clash with […]
Assigning a Layout to a Display Setup
To assign a layout to a display setup, open the display setups window: Next to one of your saved display setups, use the dropdown to assign a layout: Tip: use the Auto-Apply checkbox to choose whether the layout should be auto-applied when Portals detects this Display Setup is active. If you don’t check this box, […]