|
8
|
1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
|
|
|
2 <HTML>
|
|
|
3 <HEAD>
|
|
|
4 <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
|
|
|
5 <TITLE>Folder Pane - GQview User Manual</TITLE>
|
|
|
6 <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 (Linux)">
|
|
|
7 <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20040805;23590500">
|
|
|
8 <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050107;1544700">
|
|
|
9 </HEAD>
|
|
|
10 <BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR">
|
|
|
11 <CENTER>
|
|
|
12 <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: always">
|
|
|
13 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
14 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
15 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
16 <THEAD>
|
|
|
17 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
|
|
|
18 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
19 <P><A HREF="2_4_file_pane.html">Previous</A></P>
|
|
|
20 </TD>
|
|
|
21 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
22 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Folder Pane – Main Window</P>
|
|
|
23 </TD>
|
|
|
24 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
25 <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="2_6_image_pane.html">Next</A></P>
|
|
|
26 </TD>
|
|
|
27 </TR>
|
|
|
28 </THEAD>
|
|
|
29 </TABLE>
|
|
|
30 </CENTER>
|
|
|
31 <HR>
|
|
|
32 <H1>2.5 Folder pane</H1>
|
|
|
33 <P>The folder pane contains the menu bar, tool bar, path entry, and
|
|
|
34 folder list.</P>
|
|
|
35 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
36 </P>
|
|
|
37 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Menu
|
|
|
38 bar</FONT></FONT></P>
|
|
|
39 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The main menu of the window. The
|
|
|
40 functions available from the main menu are described in the <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">Menus</A>
|
|
|
41 chapter.</P>
|
|
|
42 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
43 </P>
|
|
|
44 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Tool
|
|
|
45 bar</FONT></FONT></P>
|
|
|
46 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The tool bar includes buttons for
|
|
|
47 often used operations. The tool bar can be hidden or shown by
|
|
|
48 selecting “Hide toolbar” from the view menu.
|
|
|
49 </P>
|
|
|
50 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><I>Note: These
|
|
|
51 buttons are only displayed as an icon, the text below refers to the
|
|
|
52 tool tip that appears by hovering the mouse over each button.</I></P>
|
|
|
53 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Show thumbnails:</B> This button is
|
|
|
54 active when the file list is in list view mode, and activating it
|
|
|
55 will toggle the display of thumbnails.</P>
|
|
|
56 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Change to home folder:</B> Change
|
|
|
57 the main window to display the contents of the user's home folder.</P>
|
|
|
58 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Refresh file list:</B> This will
|
|
|
59 check for changes to the active folder and update the window.</P>
|
|
|
60 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom in:</B> Increase the image
|
|
|
61 display size.</P>
|
|
|
62 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom out:</B> Decrease the image
|
|
|
63 display size.</P>
|
|
|
64 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Fit image to window:</B> This will
|
|
|
65 size the image to fit within the image view.</P>
|
|
|
66 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Set zoom 1:1:</B> Restore zoom to
|
|
|
67 the image's original size.</P>
|
|
|
68 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Configure options:</B> Displays the
|
|
|
69 <A HREF="10_options.html">Options window</A>.</P>
|
|
|
70 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Float controls:</B> Toggle the
|
|
|
71 folder pane, file pane, and status bar between the main window and a
|
|
|
72 secondary window.</P>
|
|
|
73 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
74 </P>
|
|
|
75 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Path
|
|
|
76 entry</FONT></FONT></P>
|
|
|
77 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays the active folder of the
|
|
|
78 window and allows typing a location.</P>
|
|
|
79 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A folder or file can be typed into the
|
|
|
80 entry to quickly change to a desired location or image, the main
|
|
|
81 window will update after pressing the Enter key. Tab completion is
|
|
|
82 also available in the path entry.</P>
|
|
|
83 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>Note: Tab completion uses the tab
|
|
|
84 key, press the down arrow to move the focus from the entry.</I></P>
|
|
|
85 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Next to the path entry is a button
|
|
|
86 with a down arrow, clicking this will display a drop down list
|
|
|
87 containing the most recent locations viewed. The list is ordered such
|
|
|
88 that the most recent location is at the top. Selecting a location
|
|
|
89 from the drop down list will change the window to display the
|
|
|
90 location.</P>
|
|
|
91 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
92 </P>
|
|
|
93 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Folder
|
|
|
94 list</FONT></FONT></P>
|
|
|
95 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays a list of sub folders
|
|
|
96 contained in the active folder, or a tree that includes all folders
|
|
|
97 in the file system.</P>
|
|
|
98 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A <B>context menu</B> can be displayed
|
|
|
99 by clicking the right mouse button on the folder pane or pressing the
|
|
|
100 menu key while the folder pane has the focus</P>
|
|
|
101 <P><U>List view</U></P>
|
|
|
102 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by
|
|
|
103 unselecting “Tree” from the View menu, pressing Control +
|
|
|
104 T, or unselecting “View as tree” from the context menu.</P>
|
|
|
105 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The list view mode displays sub
|
|
|
106 folders contained in the active folder in a standard vertical list.
|
|
|
107 The parent folder can be selected with the folder named “..”.</P>
|
|
|
108 <P><U>Tree view</U></P>
|
|
|
109 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by selecting
|
|
|
110 “Tree” from the View menu, pressing Control + T, or
|
|
|
111 selecting “View as tree” from the context menu.</P>
|
|
|
112 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The tree view mode displays all
|
|
|
113 folders in the file system, starting with the root folder and
|
|
|
114 branching out to include sub folders. A folder branch can be expanded
|
|
|
115 or collapsed by clicking the expander next to each folder icon, or by
|
|
|
116 pressing the respective “+” or “-” keys when
|
|
|
117 the folder branch has the focus.</P>
|
|
|
118 <P><U>Sorting</U></P>
|
|
|
119 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The order of the folder names will
|
|
|
120 match the order selected for the file pane. Sort order can be changed
|
|
|
121 by clicking the sort area of the status bar or from the context menu
|
|
|
122 of the file pane.</P>
|
|
|
123 <P><U>Context menu</U></P>
|
|
|
124 <P>Right clicking the mouse or pressing the menu key while the folder
|
|
|
125 pane has focus will display a menu. The menu functions will perform
|
|
|
126 the same as those that match the window's <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">menu
|
|
|
127 bar</A>, however a few functions are unique to the context menu:</P>
|
|
|
128 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Up to parent:</B> This will change
|
|
|
129 the window to display the contents of the parent folder.</P>
|
|
|
130 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Slide show:</B> Start a <A HREF="8_1_slideshow.html">slide
|
|
|
131 show</A> that contains all images in the selected folder.</P>
|
|
|
132 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Slide show recursive:</B> Start a
|
|
|
133 <A HREF="8_1_slideshow.html">slide show</A> that contains all images
|
|
|
134 in the selected folder, and all images in the sub folders of that
|
|
|
135 folder.</P>
|
|
|
136 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find duplicates:</B> This will open
|
|
|
137 a new <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find duplicates</A>
|
|
|
138 window containing all images in the selected folder.</P>
|
|
|
139 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find duplicates recursive:</B> This
|
|
|
140 will open a new <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find duplicates</A>
|
|
|
141 window containing all image in the selected folder, and all images in
|
|
|
142 the sub folders of that folder.</P>
|
|
|
143 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>New folder:</B>
|
|
|
144 Creates a new folder that is a sub folder of the selected folder.</P>
|
|
|
145 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Rename:</B>
|
|
|
146 Renames the selected folder.</P>
|
|
|
147 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in; font-weight: medium"><I>Note: Renaming
|
|
|
148 a folder will not update metadata, such as keywords, or cached
|
|
|
149 thumbnails for images contained in that folder, the data will be
|
|
|
150 lost.</I></P>
|
|
|
151 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>View as tree:</B>
|
|
|
152 Toggles between the list and tree modes of the folder pane.</P>
|
|
|
153 <P><U>Drag and drop</U></P>
|
|
|
154 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Image files can be dropped onto
|
|
|
155 folders displayed in the folder pane. A menu will appear allowing you
|
|
|
156 to select to move or copy the dropped images into the target folder.
|
|
|
157 The list will automatically scroll up or down when the drag pointer
|
|
|
158 is near the respective top or bottom of the list. When in tree mode,
|
|
|
159 hovering over a folder for a brief period of time will expand that
|
|
|
160 folder.</P>
|
|
|
161 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The folders can used as a drag source
|
|
|
162 for drag and drop, for example to add images in a folder to a
|
|
|
163 collection window. However drag and drop can not be used to move or
|
|
|
164 copy folders in GQview.</P>
|
|
|
165 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
166 </P>
|
|
|
167 <P><BR><BR>
|
|
|
168 </P>
|
|
|
169 <HR>
|
|
|
170 <CENTER>
|
|
|
171 <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0>
|
|
|
172 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
173 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
174 <COL WIDTH=85*>
|
|
|
175 <THEAD>
|
|
|
176 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
|
|
|
177 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
178 <P><A HREF="2_4_file_pane.html">Previous</A></P>
|
|
|
179 </TD>
|
|
|
180 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
181 <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="index.html">Contents</A></P>
|
|
|
182 </TD>
|
|
|
183 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
184 <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="2_6_image_pane.html">Next</A></P>
|
|
|
185 </TD>
|
|
|
186 </TR>
|
|
|
187 </THEAD>
|
|
|
188 <TBODY>
|
|
|
189 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
|
|
|
190 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
191 <P><BR>
|
|
|
192 </P>
|
|
|
193 </TD>
|
|
|
194 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
195 <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
|
|
|
196 </P>
|
|
|
197 </TD>
|
|
|
198 <TD WIDTH=33%>
|
|
|
199 <P ALIGN=RIGHT>GQview User Manual</P>
|
|
|
200 </TD>
|
|
|
201 </TR>
|
|
|
202 </TBODY>
|
|
|
203 </TABLE>
|
|
|
204 </CENTER>
|
|
|
205 <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
|
|
|
206 </P>
|
|
|
207 </BODY>
|
|
|
208 </HTML> |
