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