Filter Bar

The options on this page affect the Filter Bar, the bar that can be displayed at the bottom of a file display to filter the displayed contents of the current folder.

• Display Filter Bar: Lets you choose when the Filter Bar displayed.
  • Always: The bar is always displayed, whether a filter is active or not.
  • Whenever a filter is set: The bar is displayed when a filter is active, and hidden otherwise.
  • Only when editing the filter: The bar will only be displayed when you activate it to edit the filter - it will close again when you finish editing, whether a filter is active or not.
• Activation key: This lets you change the key that activates the Filter Bar, or turn off the need for an activation key altogether. The default action when typing into the file display is to display the Find-As-You-Type field to search for files in the current list by name - normally, you must press * to specifically activate the Filter Bar. If you turn off the Activation key option, then typing any character that doesn't have an assigned function will activate the Filter Bar instead of the Find-As-You-Type field. This lets you choose filtering as the default action when typing into the Lister.
• Automatically type * when activating the filter bar: When turned on, a * will be typed into the Filter Bar if the activation key is pushed and no filter is currently set. Since the activation key is usually * this means you can type things like *.txt directly into the file display to do common filters on suffixes. With the option turned off, you would have to type **.txt instead. (One * to activate the Filter Bar, another to type the wildcard.) This option is particularly useful when partial matching is turned off.
• Clear Quick filter automatically when changing folders: If this option is turned off, any filter you assign via the Filter Bar will remain in effect when you change to another folder.
• Partial matching: When turned on, the filtering will automatically match on sub-strings, so typing og would match any file containing those letters, e.g. dog.txt or google.png. When off, the pattern you enter must match exactly - so you would need to type *og* for the same effect. Note that if you explicitly add a * at the start or end of the pattern then Opus will assume you do not wish to use partial matching even if it is switched on. This allows you the convenience of partial matching most of the time while still being able to filter by the start or end of things when you need to.
• Real-time filtering: When turned on, the file display will be filtered in real-time, as you edit the filter. If turned off, you must press the Enter key to activate the filter you have typed.