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5 <TITLE>File Pane - GQview User Manual</TITLE>
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19 <P><A HREF="2_3_layout.html">Previous</A></P>
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21 <TD WIDTH=33%>
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22 <P ALIGN=CENTER>File Pane – Main Window</P>
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23 </TD>
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24 <TD WIDTH=33%>
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25 <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="2_5_folder_pane.html">Next</A></P>
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32 <H1>2.4 File Pane</H1>
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33 <P>The file pane displays the images contained in the active folder.
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34 It has two modes of display, allows multiple selection, and can
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35 initiate drag and drop operations.</P>
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36 <P>A <B>context menu</B> can be displayed by clicking the right mouse
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37 button on the file pane or pressing the menu key while the file pane
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38 has the focus.</P>
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39 <P><BR><BR>
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40 </P>
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41 <P><U>List view</U></P>
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42 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by selecting
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43 “List” from the View menu, pressing Control + L on the
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44 keyboard, or unselecting “View as icons” from the context
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45 menu.</P>
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46 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The list view mode displays images in
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47 a standard vertical list. Three columns provide the file name, size
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48 in bytes, and the time the contents were last modified.</P>
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49 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Thumbnails</B> can be displayed
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50 next to each file in the list, to toggle thumbnails on or off by
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51 selecting “Thumbnails” from the View menu, pressing the T
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52 key, clicking the thumbnail button on the tool bar, or selecting
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53 “Show thumbnails” from the context menu.</P>
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54 <P><BR><BR>
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55 </P>
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56 <P><U>Icon view</U></P>
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57 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This mode can be enabled by selecting
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58 “Icons” from the View menu, pressing Control + I on the
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59 keyboard, or selecting “View as icons” from the context
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60 menu.</P>
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61 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The icon view mode displays images as
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62 thumbnails in a grid, and by default a file name below each
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63 thumbnail.</P>
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64 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The <B>file name</B> displayed below
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65 each thumbnail can be turned on or off by selecting “Show
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66 filename text” from the context menu.</P>
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67 <P><BR><BR>
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68 </P>
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69 <P><U>Multiple selection</U></P>
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70 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">It is possible to select more than one
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71 image from the file pane. Multiple files can be selected with several
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72 methods:</P>
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73 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Mouse:</B></P>
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74 <UL>
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75 <LI><P>Control + Primary mouse button will add or remove the file
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76 from the selection.</P>
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77 <LI><P>Middle mouse button will toggle selection of the file.</P>
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78 <LI><P>Shift + Primary mouse button will select all images between
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79 the clicked and focused image, or it will unselect all those images
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80 if the clicked image is already selected.</P>
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81 <LI><P>Shift + Control + Primary mouse works as Shift + Primary, but
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82 will not change the selection of files outside the region between
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83 the focus and clicked image.</P>
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84 </UL>
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85 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keyboard:</B></P>
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86 <UL>
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87 <LI><P>Control + Arrows will move the focus without changing the
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88 selection.</P>
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89 <LI><P>Control + Space will toggle selection of the focused image.</P>
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90 <LI><P>Shift + Arrows will select a region of images.</P>
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91 <LI><P>Shift + Control + Arrows works as Shift + Arrows, but will
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92 not change the selection of files outside the current focus region.</P>
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93 </UL>
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94 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">To select all files press Control + A,
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95 or to unselect all image press Control + Shift + A. These operations
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96 are also available from the Edit menu as “Select all” and
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97 “Select none”.</P>
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98 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The current number of selected images
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99 and their total size will be indicated in the File list section of
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100 the <A HREF="2_7_status_bar.html">status bar</A>.</P>
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101 <P><BR><BR>
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102 </P>
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103 <P><U>Sorting</U></P>
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104 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The order of the images can be changed
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105 by clicking the sort area of the status bar or from the context menu.
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106 The sort methods are by file name, number, file date, or file size.
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107 The number method will sort file names by their natural order, for
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108 example files with names of file_10, file_12, and file_9 will appear
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109 in order file_9, file_10, and file_12.</P>
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110 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Selecting the ascending menu item will
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111 toggle between increasing and decreasing sort order.</P>
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112 <P><BR><BR>
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113 </P>
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114 <P><U>Context menu</U></P>
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115 <P>Right clicking the mouse or pressing the menu key while the file
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116 pane has focus will display a menu. The menu functions will perform
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117 the same as those that match the window's <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">menu
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118 bar</A>, however a few functions are unique to the context menu:</P>
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119 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>View in new window:</B> Opens a new
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120 window containing a list of the currently selected images.</P>
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121 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Sort:</B> Changes the sort order of
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122 file pane.</P>
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123 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>View as icons:</B> Toggles between
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124 the list and icon view modes.</P>
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125 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Show thumbnails:</B> Toggles
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126 display of thumbnails in the list view display mode.</P>
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127 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Show filename
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128 text:</B> Toggles display of file names in the icon view display
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129 mode.</P>
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130 <P><BR><BR>
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131 </P>
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132 <P><U>Drag and Drop</U></P>
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133 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Drag and drop can be initialized with
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134 the primary or middle mouse buttons in the file pane. Dragging a file
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135 that is selected will include all selected files in the drag.
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136 Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection
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137 to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</P>
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138 <P><BR><BR>
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