NOT option in Visual Filter

[Gandolf]

I can't remember if this has been requested before but I couldn't see it in a search of the Forum. I frequently want to see all files that are not of a particular type. Since I don't necessarily know what the other file types might be it is not possible to select a filter to show only them, so what I require is a filter to not show certain files. Rather like the Invert function in the Find Files.

[j_c_hallgren]

I also could see this coming in handy in some cases when one doesn't want to exclude from display all other file types, but wish to spotlight a particular type by it being "normal"...

That's how I understand Gandolf's wish...

[admin]

I can't remember if this has been requested before but I couldn't see it in a search of the Forum. I frequently want to see all files that are not of a particular type. Since I don't necessarily know what the other file types might be it is not possible to select a filter to show only them, so what I require is a filter to not show certain files. Rather like the Invert function in the Find Files.

Yeah, never asked for but already somewhere on my list. So I did it right now. Nice function!

[Gandolf]

What speed of response!!

[jacky]

This is pretty cool indeed!

I found this a bit "weird" though:

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!a*;b*  -> hide all items starting with "a" or "b". 

I would have though that to do that, one would have to use !a*;!b*
and that !a*;b* would mean hide items starting starting with "a", and show ones starting with "b"

No obviously this is kinda stupid here but could be used to have like *something*;!*.txt if you want al items with "something" in their name, but no text files....

[admin]

This is pretty cool indeed!

I found this a bit "weird" though:

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!a*;b*  -> hide all items starting with "a" or "b". 

I would have though that to do that, one would have to use !a*;!b*
and that !a*;b* would mean hide items starting starting with "a", and show ones starting with "b"

No obviously this is kinda stupid here but could be used to have like *something*;!*.txt if you want al items with "something" in their name, but no text files....

Yes, I wanted to do it like this at first. But 5 minutes later you would have asked for AND and OR operators and parentheses... No, let's keep this one simple: "!" inverts (inverses?) the filter results, finish. It just turns "show" into "hide".

[jacky]

Yes, I wanted to do it like this at first. But 5 minutes later you would have asked for AND and OR operators and parentheses... No, let's keep this one simple: "!" inverts (inverses?) the filter results, finish. It just turns "show" into "hide".

hehe.. ok.

/me removes the adding Boolean mode into VF suggestion from its list!