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Column-wise visual filter
Posted: 29 Aug 2006 09:04
by JohnM
Why does the visual filter not have the same capabilities (column-wise filtering and wildcarding) as the selection filter? I would like to see the visual filter gain the same super powers if possible.
Keep up the good work!
Cheers
JohnM
Re: Column-wise visual filter
Posted: 29 Aug 2006 09:45
by admin
JohnM wrote:Why does the visual filter not have the same capabilities (column-wise filtering and wildcarding) as the selection filter? I would like to see the visual filter gain the same super powers if possible.
Wildcarding is there!
But column-wise filtering is rather difficult. Technically the VF is a simple name search; the name "VF" suggests it's applied after the list is filled with data but in fact it is applied before. So there are no columns yet...
Posted: 30 Aug 2006 00:18
by JohnM
What I meant by wildcarding is the ability that the SF has to select rows based on part of a name with no wildcards. eg
Files:
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
fred1.txt
For the SF I just type 'fred' and I get 'fred1.txt' selected and nothing else. Note no wildcards used.
As for the column-wise VF. Well if that can't be done
, then what about the ability to hide (or apply the VF) on rows that are selected (possibly via the SF). The command could be Hide Selected Rows or Show Non-Selected Rows. This would give kind of the same result with an extra step or two. What do you think?
Cheers
JohnM
Posted: 30 Aug 2006 09:33
by admin
JohnM wrote:What I meant by wildcarding is the ability that the SF has to select rows based on part of a name with no wildcards...
Ah, auto-wildcarding. I did not add that here, because with no wildcards in the pattern you cannot easily recognize a filtered list by the tab header.
JohnM wrote:As for the column-wise VF. Well if that can't be done
, then what about the ability to hide (or apply the VF) on rows that are selected (possibly via the SF). The command could be Hide Selected Rows or Show Non-Selected Rows. This would give kind of the same result with an extra step or two. What do you think?
Forget it.
Posted: 30 Aug 2006 12:49
by admin
admin wrote:JohnM wrote:What I meant by wildcarding is the ability that the SF has to select rows based on part of a name with no wildcards...
Ah, auto-wildcarding. I did not add that here, because with no wildcards in the pattern you cannot easily recognize a filtered list by the tab header.
Oh, I just did it.