Filter by Selected Extension(s)

[jacky]

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    * Menu View|Tab: renamed "Filter by Focused Extension" to "Filter by 
      Selected Extension(s)", and changed the functionality: now the 
      extensions of all selected items are used. Only if there are no 
      selections, the extension of the focused item is used. 

hmm got a couple of questions here:
- Seems it doesn't work anymore if the focused/selected item(s) are folders; but only files. Used to work with folders though, why did you change it?
- Also, if the item has no extension, it used to go for !*.* which was a nice trick I thought. I understand it cannot be used when more than one item are selected (as invertion flag is global), but if there's only one item to deal with or all have no extension, then why not keeping this up?

[admin]

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    * Menu View|Tab: renamed "Filter by Focused Extension" to "Filter by 
      Selected Extension(s)", and changed the functionality: now the 
      extensions of all selected items are used. Only if there are no 
      selections, the extension of the focused item is used. 

hmm got a couple of questions here:
- Seems it doesn't work anymore if the focused/selected item(s) are folders; but only files. Used to work with folders though, why did you change it?
- Also, if the item has no extension, it used to go for !*.* which was a nice trick I thought. I understand it cannot be used when more than one item are selected (as invertion flag is global), but if there's only one item to deal with or all have no extension, then why not keeping this up?

Yes. Both points could be solved by one little change: set pattern to "!*.*" if no extension and < 2 items selected. Note that folders and extension-less files are treated the same.

[j_c_hallgren]

So can we presume this little change may be implemented sometime soon?

[admin]

So can we presume this little change may be implemented sometime soon?

When I said "could be solved" I meant past tense, not maybe-tense. So it has been solved already.

"could " is ambiguous, right?

[j_c_hallgren]

I tend to think of "could" as either occuring right now or in future...but mainly future...however, my dictionary says it's past tense of "can"...and as a polite form in the present....now I'm confused!

Anyway, had you said that problem "was solved" instead of "could be", I'd not said a word..

[lukescammell]

Ain't English grand

[jacky]

Yes. Both points could be solved by one little change: set pattern to "!*.*" if no extension and < 2 items selected. Note that folders and extension-less files are treated the same.

Cool Technically, not sure why the "< 2 items selected" is needed, just if all items don't have extension if enough, or?

Also, you say folders & extension-less file are treated the same, but folders are always treated as extension-less item, evn when they do have "extension" (as in a dot in their name), and I don't think this is such a good idea.
First off, because one could want to filter items by the extension of one folder! And second, well IMO it doesn't make sense to treat them as extension-less here, while they'll be treated otherwise with !*.* (which will only show folders with no extension (dot) in their names!!)

[admin]

Yes. Both points could be solved by one little change: set pattern to "!*.*" if no extension and < 2 items selected. Note that folders and extension-less files are treated the same.

Cool Technically, not sure why the "< 2 items selected" is needed, just if all items don't have extension if enough, or?

Also, you say folders & extension-less file are treated the same, but folders are always treated as extension-less item, evn when they do have "extension" (as in a dot in their name), and I don't think this is such a good idea.
First off, because one could want to filter items by the extension of one folder! And second, well IMO it doesn't make sense to treat them as extension-less here, while they'll be treated otherwise with !*.* (which will only show folders with no extension (dot) in their names!!)

Part 1: You are right. If all items don't have extension is enough.
Part 2: I was wrong. Gotta change something there...

2:0 for jacky.