Filtering

JustinF · Post by **JustinF** » 02 Nov 2005 21:17

I agree with jacky on both points a and b. I'm not sure I can add anything more other than these 2 filters will allow users (when the need arises) to enhance their ability to find the file(s) they need to work with at that time. If the user chooses to color their files pink, green, blue, red, yellow, etc. and have it look like a rainbow, so be it, at least he/she will be able to quickly and easily identify what type of file each is. And as far as the filter to only show (or hide) files based on criteria...again, just one more way for the user to whiddle the list of files down to the exact one(s) he/she wants.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 02 Nov 2005 21:27

admin wrote:You don't use the line column? How can I take you serious??

eheh... Honnestly, I don't really see any use for it. Just wasting space for me, and I want my Name column as wide as possible (as no Hscrolling) so I don't want any wasted space

admin wrote:The show-filter: there must be some place that shows the current show-filter... I don't see the space for it. (I'm just curious... don't infer that I'm into it yet)

To show the filter: "D:\Current Folder" becomes "D:\Current Folder\*.php"
To set it up, dbl-click or simply a new menuitem in the tab's ctx menu

And yeah, you're into it now.. you're into it now.. listen to my voice, you're into it now....

Post by **admin** » 02 Nov 2005 21:52

jacky wrote:To show the filter: "D:\Current Folder" becomes "D:\Current Folder\*.php"
To set it up, dbl-click or simply a new menuitem in the tab's ctx menu

Not bad...

But before you get wet: I won't have time for it the next weeks anyway, so there's once again room for creative meditation

BTW, you know of any other file managers that have this feature (or also the coloring thing)? I love to learn from the mistakes of others...

Post by **admin** » 02 Nov 2005 21:57

JustinF wrote:If the user chooses to color their files pink, green, blue, red, yellow, etc. and have it look like a rainbow, so be it, at least he/she will be able to quickly and easily identify what type of file each is. And as far as the filter to only show (or hide) files based on criteria...again, just one more way for the user to whiddle the list of files down to the exact one(s) he/she wants.

Yes, ok. I know your pattern, users! When I say it's bad you say "no problem, make it optional!"

This is the highway to feature hell!

I keep it in the back of my mind, and we return to it December...

JustinF · Post by **JustinF** » 02 Nov 2005 22:20

admin wrote:BTW, you know of any other file managers that have this feature (or also the coloring thing)? I love to learn from the mistakes of others...

Why yes I do! I got the idea from SpeedCommander. I had tried it out before I ran across Tracker and I thought their filtering/coloring was a very nice feature.

To set up filters select Folder|Filter. To set up coloring go to Extra|Settings|View|Colors. Their coloring is tied to the filters you set up (ie. you can't have coloring without first setting up a filter). I'm not sure why they tied the two together so closely, but at some level it must make sense??

JustinF · Post by **JustinF** » 02 Nov 2005 22:26

admin wrote:
JustinF wrote:If the user chooses to color their files pink, green, blue, red, yellow, etc. and have it look like a rainbow, so be it, at least he/she will be able to quickly and easily identify what type of file each is. And as far as the filter to only show (or hide) files based on criteria...again, just one more way for the user to whiddle the list of files down to the exact one(s) he/she wants.
Yes, ok. I know your pattern, users! When I say it's bad you say "no problem, make it optional!"

Exactly! All you have to do is put checkboxes on the options screen and it just works, right?

Post by **admin** » 04 Nov 2005 18:14

Well, I'm slowly starting to like that psychedelic color thing...

Still thinking about a configuration interface to define the colors... it should be an extendible list with patterns, where the patterns are shown in their respective colors, background color being the current list bg color like:

*.txt
a*.exe

plus some buttons: change pattern, change color, add pattern, remove pattern.

Just thinking aloud... comments welcome.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 04 Nov 2005 22:10

Sounds good to me.

Actually, if we've got that list, you could make it working like the listview, in the way that to change to pattern we'd used a rename-like action. And double-click/button "set color" to define the style.

Post by **admin** » 08 Nov 2005 21:38

jacky wrote:Sounds good to me.

Actually, if we've got that list, you could make it working like the listview, in the way that to change to pattern we'd used a rename-like action. And double-click/button "set color" to define the style.

Well, it finally happened!

Took some time because I had to write a color listbox from scratch...

JustinF · Post by **JustinF** » 08 Nov 2005 22:15

Ok, now that I've seen it in action I've decided I don't really like it.

Just kidding! That is very awesome. It's already coming in handy. Thanks for listening to a couple guys with a whacky idea.

RalphM · Post by **RalphM** » 08 Nov 2005 23:02

admin wrote:Well, it finally happened!
Took some time because I had to write a color listbox from scratch...

I really like it too, thanks for the latest nice improvements.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 08 Nov 2005 23:21

Great work indeed

Well done Don, I love it! Now all I have to do is find which colors I wanna use

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 09 Nov 2005 09:05

admin wrote:- set a filter for showing files
- select files matching a given filter
- choose a font color for file types

I heard it and put it on my list.

Two out of three. When can we see the "set a filter for showing files"? It is something that I find particularly useful - to be able to see only files matching a certain pattern.
Using the "Find files" option is not the same since with a filter set it is possible to switch between folders and see only files matching that pattern.

rod147 · Post by **rod147** » 09 Nov 2005 11:07

Could you not elaborate on your Selection Filter dialog box? Whereby the filter is either selected, shown only, hidden, etc.

Also with the new listview colouring, can the contents of defined folders be set to have their own colour?

Post by **admin** » 09 Nov 2005 11:36

rod147 wrote:Could you not elaborate on your Selection Filter dialog box? Whereby the filter is either selected, shown only, hidden, etc.

Also with the new listview colouring, can the contents of defined folders be set to have their own colour?

I'm indeed working on the filter for showing files. It will be simpler as the Selection Filter: just simple wildcard patterns like *.txt, or *.??? as you know them from all Windows or even DOS environments. No RegExp, no Boolean logic.

I' still looking for the best name: Wildcard Filter? Visual Filter? View Filter? Browse Filter? ... help!

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