Environment variables

You can use Windows and TE environment variables in:

• Address bar
• Options > Add-ons > Options -- Options (for certain Type) / Icon path
• Options > Menus -- Name / Options (for certain Type) / Icon path
• Options > List > Filter
• Options > Tabs -- New tab

Environment variable names are not case-sensitive.

Provided by TE

TE environment variable	Description	In quotes if needed	Example
%Current%	Path of current tab	Yes	"C:\Program Files"
%Selected%	Paths of selected items in current file list (in one line §), OR	Yes	"C:\Program Files\Common Files" "C:\Program Files\Windows NT"
	Path of selected tree node when the focus is on a folder tree, OR	Yes	"C:\Program Files (x86)"
	Path of right-clicked item on a folder menu	Yes	"C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files"
%TreeSelected%	Path of selected tree node	Yes	"C:\Program Files (x86)"
%MenuSelected%	Path of selected item on a folder menu (Key add-on > "Menus" only)	Yes	"C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files"
%Installed%	Drive on which TE is installed		D:
%TE_Config%	Path of TE config folder	No	D:\apps\Tablacus Explorer\config
%AddonStatus:AddonID%	Status of the add-on: on or off

Provided by Switch to previous pane / Switch to next pane add-on

TE environment variable	Description	In quotes if needed	Example
%PrevPane%	Path of current tab on previous pane	Yes	"C:\Program Files"
%Other%	Path of current tab on next pane	Yes	"C:\Program Files (x86)"

Provided by X-Finder add-on

TE environment variable	Description	In quotes if needed	Example
%Address%	Path of current tab OR last entered command	No	C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService
%TabName%	Name of current tab		TableTextService
%TabColor%	Codes of background and text colors of current tab (set by Color labels, Change tab color or Tab color plus add-on) [1]		#ffff80 #0000ff
%CurrentSelected%	Paths of selected items in current file list (in one line, in sequence)	Yes	"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US" "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\TableTextServiceArray.txt"
%Focused%	Path of focused item	No	C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\TableTextServiceAmharic.txt
%FocusedName%	Name of focused item (without extension)		TableTextServiceAmharic
%Attrib%	Attributes (Read-only / Archive / System / Hidden) of focused item		-R +A -S -H
%TimeStamp:format%	Modified date and time of focused item		2009/6/11 05:04:22
%FileContents%	Text contents of focused item [1]		[System] LangId = LANG_AMHARIC, SUBLANG_AMHARIC_ETHIOPIA …
%Other%	Path of current tab on next pane	Yes	"C:\Program Files (x86)"
%Clipboard%	Contents of Windows Clipboard [1]:
	* Paths of cut/copied files/folders [2], OR	No	C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\TableTextServiceArray.txt
	* Cut/copied text		line 1 line 2
%Clipboard1%	Contents of Windows Clipboard (in one line):
	* Paths of cut/copied files/folders [2], OR	Yes	"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US" "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\TableTextService\TableTextServiceArray.txt"
	* Cut/copied text		line 1 line 2
%InputData%	Your input to "Input:" command, OR
	Path of your choice from "ChooseFolder:" command	No	C:\Program Files (x86)
%X-Finder%	Path of TE folder with \ appended	No	D:\apps\Tablacus Explorer\
%SendTo%	Path of your "Send to" menu folder	No	C:\Users\CC\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
%SysDir%	Path of System32 folder of Windows	No	C:\Windows\System32
%DateTime:format%	Current date and time		2023/10/25 16:52:06

[1] The variable may contain multiple lines. It should be processed by JScript ExtractMacro(te, "%variable%").
[2] Use "Order of clipboard" add-on to ensure that the items will be in sequence.

Date/time format

See Options List - Date. However, the followings take precedence:

Code	Format defined in Windows Control Panel > Regional and Language
ddddd	Short date
dddddd	Long date
tt	Long time