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Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:32
by 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.
Re: Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:07
by j_c_hallgren
Hi and welcome to the XY forums!
MelbWest wrote: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
Re: Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 20 Jun 2010 14:07
by 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
Re: Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:44
by admin
MelbWest wrote: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:
In the Visual Filter dialog this prefix is implied.
Re: Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 21 Jul 2010 13:27
by 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.
vs
It still works fine and shows the filter right, it's just missing the icon.
Re: Visual Filter & Subfolder display
Posted: 21 Jul 2010 19:11
by admin
Jibz wrote: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.
vs
It still works fine and shows the filter right, it's just missing the icon.
Confirmed + fixed, thanks!