Filtering allows you to quickly find and select a file inside a currently opened folder. This is useful, when a folder contains a lot of files – filtering allows you to find the necessary file without scrolling through those files. You can filter by name, by extension or by kind. Filtering works in any View type, but it is probably most useful in List and Column View.
To use filtering in Column View:
- Select a folder where you want to find a file or a group of files
- Go inside that folder – this means you have to make sure that the the current selection (the blue highlighting) is inside that folder
- Click into the Search box at the right upper corner of the Browser
- Select “Filter by” (default)
- Start entering text
- Results appear immediately below
To use filtering in List View:
- Go to a folder, where you want to find a file or a group of files
- Make sure the path of your selected folder is shown in Path Navigator and highlighted in grey as following:
- Click into the Search box at the right upper corner of the Browser
- Select “Filter by” (default)
- Start entering text
- Results appear immediately below
Please note, that the filtering results in List View do not take in account the contents of uncollapsed folders (folders, which contents you may see when the little triangle is down). Only the folder, you are currently in, e.g. which is highlighted in Path Navigator in grey, will get filtered, but not its subfolders (even if uncollapsed).
Watch Filtering in action: