Folder Options
Opus 9 provides you with a powerful system to customize the visual display and format for any specific folder. Folder Options gives you access to all Lister formatting features for the current and other special folders. Various display options, columns, sorting priorities, filters and more can be set from here. Opus supports a global default Lister format for local folders, Networked and removable drives, FTP servers and ZIP files. You can also set specific formats for specific folders and individual FTP sites.
Listers will remember the current folder format when you change folders until you specifically change the format or it is overridden by a saved format.
►The Format Lock Button in the Status Bar can be used to temporarily lock the Lister into the current format preventing it from being changed by any saved formats.
The OK and Apply buttons apply the currently defined format settings to the current Lister but do not save them permanently. You can use the buttons at the top of the dialog to quickly save the current folder settings permanently for the current folder, or for all folders. The Folder Formats section in Preferences - Folders displays a list of all folders for which you have configured folder formats.
• Save the current folder format can save the current format as the default for the current folder, and also as the default for ALL folders (note that this second choice requires confirmation as it will erase any currently saved folder formats).
• Clear the saved format lets you remove the stored format for the current folder (if there is one), and can also remove ALL stored folder formats (again this requires confirmation).
• Clear the saved format and reset to defaults will remove the stored format for the current folder (if there is one) and reset the current format to your Custom settings, the default settings or one of your Favorite Formats.
The Folder Formats is used to manage your saved Folder Formats, as well as set the default formats to use for different types of folders. You can also use it to modify the Content Type Formats - the formats that Opus will automatically use for folders containing different types of files if the Content Type detection system is enabled.
The groups of formats displayed in this list are:
• Folder Formats - formats that have been saved for specific folders
• Content Type Formats - formats that have been defined for File Type Groups
• Default Formats - the formats that are used if no other defined format overrides them
• Favorite Formats - formats you create that can be accessed quickly from other parts of Opus
The behavior of the Folder Formats list is fairly self-explanatory. If an entry is not checked it means it is not currently defined.
The Add, Edit and Delete buttons behave as you expect. Note that the Add - Content Type Format function actually takes you to the File Type Editor, as this is where File Type Groups are defined.
Right-clicking on formats in the list lets you copy and paste from one format to another. You can also reset individual formats to the defaults or one of your Favorite formats, and add an existing format to your Favorites in this manner.
In the default Toolbar, the Folder Options button has a drop-down on it which lets you select from your list of Favorite Formats (as well as the default settings). This provides a useful way to quickly change formats in the Lister without having to go through the Folder Options dialog.
Note: There is a Preferences option in Folders called Hide protected operating system files. If this is enabled, files and folders marked with both the H and S bits will not be shown in any Lister, either in the file display or the Tree, anywhere, irrespective of the Folder Options in use. This means that this option overrides any Folder Options settings.
Folder Options - Display - View