Sort List by Custom Groups
Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:25
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
Group 2
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?
Grouping feature that allows mutliple custom groupings. Example is I set up multiple groups:
Group 1
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Mystery: asdf;qwer;ty;egg;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?