Visual Filter & Subfolder display

[MelbWest]

When setting the Visual filter to display “*.pdf; *.Gif” it does not display any subfolders in the current open pane if they exist, is there any way to include subfolder names also, so I can decend into those folder also if required?

e.g. when setting a visual filter to view PDF & GIF (assuming 2 subfolders exist);
I would like to see:-

Foldername1
Foldername2
Picture.gif
PDFfile1.pdf
PDFfile2.pdf
Etc

Location: *.pdf;*.gif <--- Current I use this but only displays the files, not folders.

Thanks in advance.

[j_c_hallgren]

Hi and welcome to the XY forums!

When setting the Visual filter to display “*.pdf; *.Gif” it does not display any subfolders in the current open pane if they exist, is there any way to include subfolder names also, so I can decend into those folder also if required?

Re VF: Have you tried one in the form of "\|*.pdf|*.gif" as described in Help as:

You can define a filter to apply only to files but show all folders. Simply prefix "\|" to the pattern(s). For example:
\|*.txt -> show only *.txt files and all folders

[MelbWest]

Thanks J.C.

Those settings work a correctly for the "Visual Filter" option when right clicking the tab name.

For some reason applying the settings to the "Catalog > Location" properties does not work....Strange

[admin]

Thanks J.C.

Those settings work a correctly for the "Visual Filter" option when right clicking the tab name.

For some reason applying the settings to the "Catalog > Location" properties does not work....Strange

You have to prefix another | to mark it as visual filter:

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|\|*.txt

In the Visual Filter dialog this prefix is implied.

[Jibz]

On a related note, I noticed that if you put a named visual filter into the catalog, it looses the "filtered folder" icon it normally has.

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|*.exe;*.dll

vs

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|"Exe" *.exe;*.dll

It still works fine and shows the filter right, it's just missing the icon.

[admin]

On a related note, I noticed that if you put a named visual filter into the catalog, it looses the "filtered folder" icon it normally has.

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|*.exe;*.dll

vs

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|"Exe" *.exe;*.dll

It still works fine and shows the filter right, it's just missing the icon.

Confirmed + fixed, thanks!