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<H1>2.5 Folder pane</H1>
<P>The folder pane contains the menu bar, tool bar, path entry, and
folder list.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Menu
bar</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The main menu of the window. The
functions available from the main menu are described in the <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">Menus</A>
chapter.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Tool
bar</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The tool bar includes buttons for
often used operations. The tool bar can be hidden or shown by
selecting &ldquo;Hide toolbar&rdquo; from the view menu. 
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><I>Note: These
buttons are only displayed as an icon, the text below refers to the
tool tip that appears by hovering the mouse over each button.</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Show thumbnails:</B> This button is
active when the file list is in list view mode, and activating it
will toggle the display of thumbnails.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Change to home folder:</B> Change
the main window to display the contents of the user's home folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Refresh file list:</B> This will
check for changes to the active folder and update the window.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom in:</B> Increase the image
display size.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom out:</B> Decrease the image
display size.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Fit image to window:</B> This will
size the image to fit within the image view.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Set zoom 1:1:</B> Restore zoom to
the image's original size.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Configure options:</B> Displays the
<A HREF="10_options.html">Options window</A>.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Float controls:</B> Toggle the
folder pane, file pane, and status bar between the main window and a
secondary window.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Path
entry</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays the active folder of the
window and allows typing a location.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A folder or file can be typed into the
entry to quickly change to a desired location or image, the main
window will update after pressing the Enter key. Tab completion is
also available in the path entry.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>Note: Tab completion uses the tab
key, press the down arrow to move the focus from the entry.</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Next to the path entry is a button
with a down arrow, clicking this will display a drop down list
containing the most recent locations viewed. The list is ordered such
that the most recent location is at the top. Selecting a location
from the drop down list will change the window to display the
location.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Folder
list</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays a list of sub folders
contained in the active folder, or a tree that includes all folders
in the file system.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A <B>context menu</B> can be displayed
by clicking the right mouse button on the folder pane or pressing the
menu key while the folder pane has the focus</P>
<P><U>List view</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by
unselecting &ldquo;Tree&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing Control +
T, or unselecting &ldquo;View as tree&rdquo; from the context menu.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The list view mode displays sub
folders contained in the active folder in a standard vertical list.
The parent folder can be selected with the folder named &ldquo;..&rdquo;.</P>
<P><U>Tree view</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by selecting
&ldquo;Tree&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing Control + T, or
selecting &ldquo;View as tree&rdquo; from the context menu.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The tree view mode displays all
folders in the file system, starting with the root folder and
branching out to include sub folders. A folder branch can be expanded
or collapsed by clicking the expander next to each folder icon, or by
pressing the respective &ldquo;+&rdquo; or &ldquo;-&rdquo; keys when
the folder branch has the focus.</P>
<P><U>Sorting</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The order of the folder names will
match the order selected for the file pane. Sort order can be changed
by clicking the sort area of the status bar or from the context menu
of the file pane.</P>
<P><U>Context menu</U></P>
<P>Right clicking the mouse or pressing the menu key while the folder
pane has focus will display a menu. The menu functions will perform
the same as those that match the window's <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">menu
bar</A>, however a few functions are unique to the context menu:</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Up to parent:</B> This will change
the window to display the contents of the parent folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Slide show:</B> Start a <A HREF="8_1_slideshow.html">slide
show</A> that contains all images in the selected folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Slide show recursive:</B> Start a
<A HREF="8_1_slideshow.html">slide show</A> that contains all images
in the selected folder, and all images in the sub folders of that
folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find duplicates:</B> This will open
a new <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find duplicates</A>
window containing all images in the selected folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Find duplicates recursive:</B> This
will open a new <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find duplicates</A>
window containing all image in the selected folder, and all images in
the sub folders of that folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>New folder:</B>
Creates a new folder that is a sub folder of the selected folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Rename:</B>
Renames the selected folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in; font-weight: medium"><I>Note: Renaming
a folder will not update metadata, such as keywords, or cached
thumbnails for images contained in that folder, the data will be
lost.</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>View as tree:</B>
Toggles between the list and tree modes of the folder pane.</P>
<P><U>Drag and drop</U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Image files can be dropped onto
folders displayed in the folder pane. A menu will appear allowing you
to select to move or copy the dropped images into the target folder.
The list will automatically scroll up or down when the drag pointer
is near the respective top or bottom of the list. When in tree mode,
hovering over a folder for a brief period of time will expand that
folder.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The folders can used as a drag source
for drag and drop, for example to add images in a folder to a
collection window. However drag and drop can not be used to move or
copy folders in GQview.</P>
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