Visual filter suggestions

[admin]

Yes. This orange bar is something that you see without looking for it. You will even subconsciously know that you are looking at a filtered list. I think this is optimal GUI design.

Hmm, not sure. Some users may be colour-blind, so they would not see "in your face" orange bar as obviously as others would. Also, having greyscaled your screenshot, I note that colours of the background caption text do not contrast very well, thus spoiling readability.

Colors will be configurable.

[admin]

I plan to add a (optional) very clear mark that a list is filtered and does not show the whole contents of the browsed folder.
Here's a screenshot. Any comments?

1.) will this bar be permanent visible (if optional enabled) or only if i use an filter?
I mean: if i set an filter this is shown and if i remove the filter this bar vanish too.
Which would be not good i think 'cus the high of the list would in- and decrease always.

2.) what whit dual panel?
I mean: will there be the same but empty filter bar on the other pane too?

3.) the Visual Filter name could be mentioned in that bar too (in the tab this is often cut off)

4.) will it be that this bar could be abused to show user own messages via scripting?
(status msg is e.g. overwritten by back ground process messages, so this would be an alternative)

1) only if filter; i don't see a big problem in height changes
2) see 1)
3) rather not
4) no

[zer0]

Colors will be configurable.

What would they be by default though?
Also, with reference to your screenshot, are the 2 items that we can't see really hidden or they are filtered out? Will it have a context menu to remove such a filter? If yes, the caption should be improved to inform of a way to remove a filter instead of saying how many items are not shown.

[admin]

Colors will be configurable.

What would they be by default though?
Also, with reference to your screenshot, are the 2 items that we can't see really hidden or they are filtered out? Will it have a context menu to remove such a filter? If yes, the caption should be improved to inform of a way to remove a filter instead of saying how many items are not shown.

Yes, all this will be part of it.

[j_c_hallgren]

3.) the Visual Filter name could be mentioned in that bar too (in the tab this is often cut off)

3) rather not

Ok, but I think showing the VF name and value/details would be much more useful than the generic text of "The list is filtered: A VF is applied" esp if they have tabs not showing or tabs are too small to show the VF...then user would be able to tell why his TXT files aren't showing cause his VF excludes them...using the generic text, he'd not have that info readily avail.

And about placement: After seeing what others said, I'd suggest putting it at bottom of list instead of top, and thus be seen near the SB if that shows or be a sorta-substitute for it if not.

That would also help with the issue of height/size jumps as seeing the col headers move up/down would seem to be more distracting than loss/gain of one list item at bottom.

[admin]

OK, thanks for the input. I will postpone the feature and do some background meditating about it.