The Main Menu can be activated/opened either by means of clicking on it with the mouse, the F10 key on the keyboard, or the keyboard shortcut that opens one of its sub-menus.

The Main Menu's File Menu can be opened either by means of the mouse or simultaneously pressing the ALT + F keys on the keyboard.

The menu's individual commands can also be invoked through the keyboard shortcuts specified to the right of the respective command.

The Edit Menu can be opened either by means of the mouse or simultaneously pressing the ALT and E keys on the keyboard. All actions can also be invoked by means of the respective keyboard shortcut.

It can be opened either by clicking on the menu item with the mouse or by simultaneously pressing the Alt and t keys on the keyoard.

This menu's functionality is also accessible by means of the F5 through F7 function keys on the keyboard.

The Main Menu's Options Menu is opened either by means of the mouse or simultaneously pressing the ALT + O keys on the keyboard.

It is located at the top of LFNAlias' Main Window, immediately below the Main Menu, but unlike the Find and Go To panels it remains permanently visible (i.e. it cannot be closed).

Although, folders' and files' aliases can (also) be determined directly in the Output Editor, the Folder/File Path and Name Combo Box has the advantage that the folder or file does not have to be accessed, as it suffices to enter its path in the combo box's edit field. If performed, the subsequent conversion attempt(s) will ascertain the file or folder's existence and/or accessibility.

It has the additional advantage that it can also convert

A path, or any of the other supported forms, can be entered either by typing it in on the keyboard, or it can be selected from the last successfully converted items (if any) listed in the drop down list. It is entered automatically into the edit field (whereby any existing text in it is replaced), whenever the Browse for Files or Folders Dialog is closed by means of its OK Button.

If Auto Complete is active (see The Main Menu's Options Menu), entering a path by means of the keyboard is further simplified by the suggestions provided in the automatically displayed drop down list, whenever the leading portion of an existing path is typed into the edit field (see Fig. 2.1.1.2.2.1.0.123, above).

Alternatively, text selected in another control, dialog, or window, either in the LFNAlias' Main Window or another application, can also be either copied and pasted or dragged and dropped into the Folder/File Path and Name Combo Box's edit field. But, there is a significant difference between pasting and dropping text; whereas pasting text will replace the text that is selected in the edit field, dropping it will not. If the edit field contains text, the dropped text is always inserted at the point at which the mouse button is released, even if this happens to be between two letters of a word which was marked/highlighted as selected.

Although, selected text can also be dragged from the Folder/File Path and Name Combo Box's edit field and dropped in other controls or windows, in order to otherwise preserve the normal behaviour of the combo box, this requires pressing the shift key on the keyboard, to initiate the drag operation. Moreover, text dragged in/from the edit control cannot be dropped in it. In other words; drag and drop cannot be used to edit the text in the combo box's edit field itself.

But, so that the information of more than one conversion can be displayed at a time, and that it can be easily stored, retrieved, viewed, enhanced, and modified, we have integrated this functionality into a simple editor. This has the additional benefit that the LFNAlias' output can also be viewed, edited, and merged with the information in, and produced by many other applications.

Specifically these are: The
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
Find
Find Next
Find Previous
Close Find Panel
Go To
Close Go To Panel
Select All
Clear Selection
Open
Open With ...
Open Location
Open in Console
Open in PowerShell
Properties,
and
Read Only
menu items, for a description of which, click on the link in the above list.

If the line number entered/selected in the Line Number Combo Box is larger than zero (0) and smaller or equal to the number of lines in the Output Editor, the application will mark/highlight the specified line and position the caret at the end of it. If necessary, it will also scroll the line into view.

If the line number entered/selected in the Line Number Combo Box is zero (0) or larger than the number of lines in the Output Editor, the Go To Button is (automatically) disabled. It is also disabled if whenever the Line Number Combo Box's edit field is empty.

The text in this field can be selected and subsequently either copied or dragged to other applications or editable controls in the LFNAlias' Main Window. For example, the selected text could be either dragged and dropped or copied and pasted in the Find Combo Box or a destkop publishing application, such as Microsoft Word.

This can be any single line of text and does not have to be a path or other representation of a file system object, as in the descriptive figures, above. It can be entered either by typing it in on the keyboard, selecting a text previously searched for from the combo box's drop down list (as in Fig. 2.1.1.2.2.1.0.162), a copy and paste operation, or per drag and drop from another LFNAlias edit control or another application.

If the convert combo box ...

In the default state, in which the Match Case Check Box is not checked (as in Fig. 2.1.1.2.2.1.0.166), upper and lower case characters are considered as being identical. Conversely, if the the Match Case Check Box is checked (as in Fig. 2.1.1.2.2.1.0.167) the search differentiates between upper and lower case characters.

For example: If you were to search for the text Example Text to Find and the Match Case Check Box is not checked, the search would also highlight the next occurrence of eXample teXt To finD, examPle texT to fInd, and all other combinations of upper and lower case characters with the exact sequence of letters, as in Example Text to Find. Conversely, if the Match Case Check Box is checked, only exact matches of Example Text to Find will be found and highlighted.

If text is selected in the Output Editor and parts of, or the entire, selected text constitutes a valid path, the selected text is duplicated in the Status Bar's Path panel.