File Filter Toolbar

The file filter toolbar enables filtering of the File List Pane contents and the customizing of the column view.

The table below provides a brief description of each icon present on the File Filter Toolbar

Icon/Window

Name

Move to parent folder

Display/Hide Folders

Display/Hide Bookmark Column

Display/Hide Thumbnail Column

Toggle Thumbnail grid view
Apply color to row (see Row Color)

Enable/Disable Word wrap within columns

Show/Hide System and Hidden Files

Enable/Disable Current Filter

Current Filter applied to the File List Pane 

Add current filter to drop down list

Note 

 

Filter Criteria Construction

Filter phrases can be constructed through the use of various wildcards as shown in the table below.

Wildcard Description
* Used to match any number of characters.
? Used to match a single character
,  (comma) Used to OR keywords
& Used to AND keywords
\ Used to indicate that a space following the \ is included in the keyword

Note

Example Filter Phrases

Search String Description
*fred* Same as fred and will filter for anything containing fred
fred\ (i.e. "fred\ ") Match for 'fred '  (fred followed by a space)
fred???.* Filter for fred, followed by three characters, a dot and any file extension
fred*.*, mary*.* Filter for fred (followed by anything) dot any file extension OR mary (followed by anything) dot any file extension
fred & mary Filter for anything with fred in it AND anything with mary in it