Slavinsky · Slavinsky · Sep 14, 2026 · Sep 13, 2026 · Sep 13, 2026 · Sep 14, 2026
diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Application/AppForm.cs b/DotNetCMD/Application/AppForm.cs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ private void CreateEditMenu(ToolStripMenuItem parent)
             parent.DropDownItems.Clear();
             parent.DropDownItems.Add(CreateMenuItem("copy", Button_Copy));
             parent.DropDownItems.Add(CreateMenuItem("cut", Edit_Cut));
-            parent.DropDownItems.Add(CreateMenuItem("past", Edit_Paste));
+            parent.DropDownItems.Add(CreateMenuItem("paste", Edit_Paste));
             parent.DropDownItems.Add(new ToolStripSeparator());
             parent.DropDownItems.Add(CreateMenuItem("rename", Edit_Rename));
         }
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ private void FileBrowser_AdjacentPanelRequested(object sender, EventArgs e)
         }
 
     /*
-     * Comand Buttons (e.g.: Copy, Past)
+     * Comand Buttons (e.g.: Copy, Paste)
      */
     private void Button_View(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Archives/ArchiveBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Archives/ArchiveBrowser.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace DotNetCommander
     internal sealed class ArchiveBrowser : BrowserPanelBase
     {
         private readonly TextBox locationBox;
-        private readonly ListView archiveView;
+        private readonly BufferedListView archiveView;
         private readonly Label loadingLabel;
         private readonly List<ArchiveCatalogEntry> catalog = new List<ArchiveCatalogEntry>();
         private readonly List<BrowserItemInfo> visibleItems = new List<BrowserItemInfo>();
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public ArchiveBrowser()
             };
             locationPanel.Controls.Add(locationBox);
 
-            archiveView = new ListView
+            archiveView = new BufferedListView
             {
                 AllowColumnReorder = true,
                 Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings(Font browserFont, FileBrowser.BrowserColumnWidths
             archiveView.View = view;
             UpdateItemTextForView();
             QueueIconLoading();
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(archiveView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
         }
 
         private async Task RefreshAsync()
@@ -337,6 +339,8 @@ private void ApplySorting()
         {
             archiveView.ListViewItemSorter = new ArchiveListViewItemComparer(sortColumn, sortAscending);
             archiveView.Sort();
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(archiveView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
         }
 
         private void RenderCurrentPath(string preferredEntry = null)

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Compound/CompoundBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Compound/CompoundBrowser.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ internal sealed class CompoundBrowser : BrowserPanelBase
     {
         private readonly CompoundFileCatalogService catalogService = new CompoundFileCatalogService();
         private readonly AddressBar addressBar;
-        private readonly ListView compoundView;
+        private readonly BufferedListView compoundView;
         private readonly Label loadingLabel;
         private readonly List<CompoundCatalogEntry> catalog = new List<CompoundCatalogEntry>();
         private readonly List<BrowserItemInfo> visibleItems = new List<BrowserItemInfo>();
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public CompoundBrowser()
             addressBar.RefreshClick += (_, __) => RefreshPanel();
             addressBar.ButtonClick += AddressBar_ButtonClick;
 
-            compoundView = new ListView
+            compoundView = new BufferedListView
             {
                 AllowColumnReorder = true,
                 Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings(Font browserFont, FileBrowser.BrowserColumnWidths
             compoundView.Columns[3].Width = Math.Max(60, widths.SizeWidth);
             compoundView.Columns[4].Width = Math.Max(80, widths.DateWidth);
             compoundView.View = view == System.Windows.Forms.View.Details ? view : System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(compoundView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
         }
 
         public async Task<bool> OpenCompoundAsync(string path, bool reportFailure = true)
@@ -320,6 +321,8 @@ private void RenderCurrentPath(string preferredEntry = null)
             {
                 compoundView.EndUpdate();
             }
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(compoundView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
 
             addressBar.Path = DisplayLocation;
             RaiseLocationChanged(DisplayLocation);

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/DataSets/DataSetBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/DataSets/DataSetBrowser.cs
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings(Font browserFont)
             grid.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font = browserFont;
             grid.ColumnHeadersHeight = Math.Max(24, browserFont.Height + 8);
             grid.RowTemplate.Height = Math.Max(22, browserFont.Height + 8);
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(grid, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
         }
 
         private void ActivateSelectedItem()
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ private void RenderCurrentLocation()
             else if (internalPath.StartsWith("relation/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 RenderRelationDetails();
 
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(grid, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
             addressBar.Path = DisplayLocation;
             grid.ResumeLayout();
             RaiseLocationChanged(DisplayLocation);

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/FileSystem/FileBrowser.Designer.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/FileSystem/FileBrowser.Designer.cs
diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/FileSystem/FileBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/FileSystem/FileBrowser.cs
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public FileBrowser() {
       browserView.ShowGroups = false;
 
       // Mindestens 1 Item muss im ContextMenü vorhanden sein
-      ToolStripMenuItem toolItem = new ToolStripMenuItem(Language.getString("past"));
-      toolItem.Tag = "past";
+      ToolStripMenuItem toolItem = new ToolStripMenuItem(Language.getString("paste"));
+      toolItem.Tag = "paste";
       contextMenu.Items.Add(toolItem);
 
 
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings()
       browserView.ShowGroups = browserView.View == System.Windows.Forms.View.Details &&
         Properties.Settings.Default.FileBrowserDirectoriesFirst;
       ApplySorting();
+      BrowserRowColoring.Apply(browserView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -687,6 +689,8 @@ public String browseTo(String path) {
           {
             browserView.Items.AddRange(pendingItems.ToArray());
           }
+          BrowserRowColoring.Apply(browserView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -921,7 +925,7 @@ private void contextMenu_ItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArg
         }
         Clipboard.SetFileDropList(paths);
       }
-      else if (tag == "past") {
+      else if (tag == "paste") {
         StringCollection paths = Clipboard.GetFileDropList();
         CopyWindow = new FormCopy(paths, CurrentPath);
         CopyWindow.ActionComplete += new FormCopy.ActionCompleteHandler(this.CopyComplete);
@@ -956,8 +960,8 @@ private void contextMenu_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) {
         contextMenu.Items.Add(toolItem);
       }
 
-      toolItem = new ToolStripMenuItem(Language.getString("past"));
-      toolItem.Tag = "past";
+      toolItem = new ToolStripMenuItem(Language.getString("paste"));
+      toolItem.Tag = "paste";
       contextMenu.Items.Add(toolItem);
 
       if (browserView.SelectedItems.Count > 0) {

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Gedcom/GedcomBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Gedcom/GedcomBrowser.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal sealed class GedcomBrowser : BrowserPanelBase
         private const string TagPathPrefix = "tag/";
 
         private readonly AddressBar addressBar;
-        private readonly ListView browserView;
+        private readonly BufferedListView browserView;
         private readonly Label loadingLabel;
         private readonly ImageList sexIconsSmall;
         private readonly ImageList sexIconsLarge;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public GedcomBrowser()
             sexIconsSmall = CreateSexImageList(16);
             sexIconsLarge = CreateSexImageList(32);
 
-            browserView = new ListView
+            browserView = new BufferedListView
             {
                 AllowColumnReorder = true,
                 Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings(Font browserFont, FileBrowser.BrowserColumnWidths
             browserView.View = view;
             if (catalog != null)
                 RenderCurrentLocation();
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(browserView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
         }
 
+
+
         private void ActivateSelectedItem()
         {
             ViewEntry entry = GetCurrentEntry();
@@ -336,6 +339,8 @@ private void RenderCurrentLocation()
             {
                 browserView.EndUpdate();
             }
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(browserView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
 
             addressBar.Path = DisplayLocation;
             RaiseLocationChanged(DisplayLocation);

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Search/SearchBrowser.cs b/DotNetCMD/Browsers/Search/SearchBrowser.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ internal sealed class SearchBrowser : BrowserPanelBase
     {
         private readonly SearchService searchService = new SearchService();
         private readonly AddressBar addressBar;
-        private readonly ListView resultView;
+        private readonly BufferedListView resultView;
         private readonly Label statusLabel;
         private readonly Button cancelButton;
         private readonly List<BrowserItemInfo> visibleItems = new List<BrowserItemInfo>();
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public SearchBrowser()
             addressBar.ParentClick += (_, __) => LeaveRequested?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
             addressBar.RefreshClick += (_, __) => RefreshPanel();
 
-            resultView = new ListView
+            resultView = new BufferedListView
             {
                 AllowColumnReorder = true,
                 Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ public void ApplyUserSettings(Font browserFont, FileBrowser.BrowserColumnWidths
             resultView.Columns[4].Width = Math.Max(70, widths.SizeWidth);
             resultView.Columns[5].Width = Math.Max(90, widths.DateWidth);
             resultView.View = view == System.Windows.Forms.View.Details ? view : System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
+            BrowserRowColoring.Apply(resultView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
         }
 
         public async Task StartSearchAsync(SearchQuery query)
@@ -284,6 +286,8 @@ private void PopulateResults(IReadOnlyList<BrowserItemInfo> results)
             finally
             {
                 resultView.EndUpdate();
+                BrowserRowColoring.Apply(resultView, Properties.Settings.Default.BrowserRowColorMode);
+
             }
         }
 

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/CHANGE.md b/DotNetCMD/CHANGE.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - **[ux]** Детермінований progress bar показує пакет і кількість оброблених файлів, минулий час, адаптивну оцінку залишку та очікуваний час завершення; локально відхилені й пропущені моделлю рядки залишаються у preview з конкретними причинами.
 - **[feat]** Додано summary-only режим без файлових операцій; великі папки описуються по пакетах із фінальним об’єднанням часткових підсумків, а Auto читає вміст лише коли він потрібний запиту.
 - **[ux]** `Options -> AI organizer -> Models...` відкриває фільтровану таблицю моделей із `/api/tags`: parameters, quantization, context, disk size, family, digest і capabilities; у формі організатора показується коротка картка вибраної моделі, embedding-only моделі не пропонуються для планування.
+- **[ux]** `Options -> View` тепер дозволяє вимкнути кольори рядків, увімкнути чергування або розфарбувати рядки за типом файла; вибір зберігається для користувача й застосовується до всіх browser-панелей.
 
 ## [1.9.0] - 2026-09-11
 

diff --git a/DotNetCMD/Controls/BrowserRowColoring.cs b/DotNetCMD/Controls/BrowserRowColoring.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+using System;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace DotNetCommander
+{
+    internal static class BrowserRowColoring
+    {
+        internal const string None = "None";
+        internal const string Striped = "Striped";
+        internal const string ByExtension = "ByExtension";
+
+
+        internal static string NormalizeMode(string mode)
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(mode, Striped, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return Striped;
+            if (string.Equals(mode, ByExtension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return ByExtension;
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        internal static void Apply(ListView listView, string mode)
+        {
+            if (listView == null)
+                return;
+
+            string normalizedMode = NormalizeMode(mode);
+            Color baseColor = listView.BackColor.IsEmpty ? SystemColors.Window : listView.BackColor;
+            Color foregroundColor = listView.ForeColor.IsEmpty ? SystemColors.WindowText : listView.ForeColor;
+
+            for (int index = 0; index < listView.Items.Count; index++)
+            {
+                ListViewItem item = listView.Items[index];
+                Color rowColor = GetRowColor(normalizedMode, index, GetItemName(item), baseColor);
+                item.UseItemStyleForSubItems = normalizedMode != None;
+                item.BackColor = rowColor;
+                item.ForeColor = normalizedMode == None ? Color.Empty : foregroundColor;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static void Apply(DataGridView grid, string mode)
+        {
+            if (grid == null)
+                return;
+
+            string normalizedMode = NormalizeMode(mode);
+            Color baseColor = grid.BackgroundColor.IsEmpty ? SystemColors.Window : grid.BackgroundColor;
+            Color foregroundColor = grid.ForeColor.IsEmpty ? SystemColors.WindowText : grid.ForeColor;
+
+            for (int index = 0; index < grid.Rows.Count; index++)
+            {
+                DataGridViewRow row = grid.Rows[index];
+                if (row.IsNewRow)
+                    continue;
+
+                string rowName = row.Cells.Count == 0 ? string.Empty : row.Cells[0].Value?.ToString();
+                Color rowColor = GetRowColor(normalizedMode, index, rowName, baseColor);
+                row.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = rowColor;
+                row.DefaultCellStyle.ForeColor = normalizedMode == None ? Color.Empty : foregroundColor;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static Color GetRowColor(string mode, int rowIndex, string name, Color baseColor)
+        {
+            switch (NormalizeMode(mode))
+            {
+                case Striped:
+                    return rowIndex % 2 == 0 ? baseColor : GetTint(baseColor, Color.FromArgb(125, 155, 190));
+                case ByExtension:
+                    return GetExtensionColor(name, baseColor);
+                default:
+                    return Color.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static Color GetExtensionColor(string name, Color baseColor)
+        {
+            string extension = Path.GetExtension(name ?? string.Empty);
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(extension))
+                return baseColor;
+
+            switch (extension.ToLowerInvariant())
+            {
+                case ".png":
+                case ".jpg":
+                case ".jpeg":
+                case ".gif":
+                case ".bmp":
+                case ".svg":
+                    return GetTint(baseColor, Color.FromArgb(80, 140, 205));
+                case ".zip":
+                case ".tar":
+                case ".gz":
+                case ".tgz":
+                case ".7z":
+                case ".rar":
+                    return GetTint(baseColor, Color.FromArgb(215, 145, 60));
+                case ".cs":
+                case ".cpp":
+                case ".c":
+                case ".h":
+                case ".java":
+                case ".js":
+                case ".ts":
+                case ".py":
+                case ".json":
+                case ".xml":
+                    return GetTint(baseColor, Color.FromArgb(75, 160, 105));
+                case ".txt":
+                case ".md":
+                case ".rtf":
+                case ".doc":
+                case ".docx":
+                case ".pdf":
+                    return GetTint(baseColor, Color.FromArgb(145, 105, 185));
+                default:
+                    return baseColor;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string GetItemName(ListViewItem item)
+        {
+            return item?.SubItems.Count > 1
+                ? item.SubItems[1].Text
+                : item?.Text;
+        }
+
+        private static Color GetTint(Color baseColor, Color accent)
+        {
+            const double tintStrength = 0.16;
+            return Color.FromArgb(
+                Blend(baseColor.R, accent.R, tintStrength),
+                Blend(baseColor.G, accent.G, tintStrength),
+                Blend(baseColor.B, accent.B, tintStrength));
+        }
+
+        private static int Blend(int source, int target, double amount)
+        {
+            return (int)Math.Round(source + (target - source) * amount);
+        }
+    }
+}