{"id":4481,"date":"2012-07-24T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T01:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2012-07-22T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T00:53:15","slug":"quickly-apply-filters-when-browsing-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/quickly-apply-filters-when-browsing-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Apply Filters When Browsing Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the lengths some of us go to organise our files and folders there can be times when we do end up with folders containing a huge amount of files. Sometimes these files will be all the same file type (like documents and spreadsheets) or they may be a mix of anything and everything. Anyway, there is a quick way to narrow down the displayed files while you are browsing for them from within an application in Windows.<\/p>\n

For instance, this is what my file browser window looks like when I am uploading icons and logos from my network to the blog:<\/p>\n

\"File<\/a>

File Browsing (Unfiltered)<\/p><\/div>\n

For instance, if I wanted to filter by anything mentioning “Mac” in the filename I would type the following in the file name:<\/p>\n

*Mac*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… which would result in the following:<\/p>\n

\"File<\/a>

File Browsing (Filtered)<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a quick and simple way to narrow things down if things are a little too busy on screen for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the lengths some of us go to organise our files and folders there can be times when we do end up with folders containing a huge amount of files. Sometimes these files will be all the same file type (like documents and spreadsheets) or they may be a mix of anything and everything. Anyway, … <\/p>\n

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