Sort List by Custom Groups

[Enternal]

Windows Explorer currently has a Group by feature that allows grouping of file types. However the grouping can not be modified. Currently XYplorer has no such grouping feature. So my wish:

Grouping feature that allows mutliple custom groupings. Example is I set up multiple groups:

Group 1

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Group 2

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So when I want to apply a grouping, I can just select Group by and select one of my preset groupings so for example, I chose Group 1. The listing will now group all files according to what I had set up for Group 1. Any files that does not belong to a group, can go under Unspecified or something like that.

So what's the purpose? It's possible to do all this by Visual Filters or Type Stats Filter and manually adding each file types. It's also possible to sort by file types. But what this feature allows is automatic grouping of different file extensions that are customization and display it in an easy way in the list. It can be very very useful for folders with many files allowing easy distinctions of groups. What do you think?

[SkyFrontier]

I'd love to have such a feature, with a plus: allowing (or not) putting folders into the mix, with parameters to distinguish among exact and lazy matches. My backups would be funnier to do, then.

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I was just about to post similar wish in the form of Spot'n'Jump and Selection Filter enhancements.
Perfect timing, I hope...

[Enternal]

I'd love to have such a feature, with a plus: allowing (or not) putting folders into the mix, with parameters to distinguish among exact and lazy matches. My backups would be funnier to do, then.

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I was just about to post similar wish in the form of Spot'n'Jump and Selection Filter enhancements.
Perfect timing, I hope...

Ah yes, that's a good idea too! The lazy matches is definitely useful although it does sound kind of hard to code haha.