Add filter bar at bottom of pcmanfm-qt

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Lyn Perrine 5 years ago
parent 56681a75e8
commit 49f980902d

@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ If you single click on a file you will select it. If you double click on it you
To connect to a remote server such as a NAS go to the :menuselection:`Go --> Connect to server` and authenticate to your remote storage. If you want to plug in removeable storage you can open the storage on the left sidebar with devices. To switch to the removable media left click on the device in the side pane. This same applies to other internal filesystems on your computer. To eject removeable media press the button on the left with a circled up arrow to eject. On the side pane you can right click to open a place in a new tab by right clicking :menuselection:`Open in new tab` for places and mounted drives.
At the bottom of the window is a filter bar that lets you show files only matching a pattern in the window of the current folder. To use it type what you want to search for in the bar that says :guilabel:`Filter`. How many result you match will show in the :guilabel:`item(s)` field. To return the filter back to seeing all files clear the text field by pressing :kbd:`Control + K`, or holding the :kbd:`backspace` key to clear it out.
To see hidden files press :kbd:`control +h`, right click show hidden, or go to:menuselection:`View --> Show hidden`. Press the same thing again to hide hidden files again. To open a terminal in your current folder press :kbd:`f4` or :menuselection:`Tool --> Open Terminal` from the menu. To view the properties of a file or folder right click on it and select properties from the menu, :menuselection:`File --> File Properties` or press :kbd:`Alt +Enter`. To view a dialog that shows folder properties :menuselection:`File --> Folder Properties`. The :guilabel:`General` tab will show you the size of the file, where the file is, and when it was last modified or accessed.
The :guilabel:`permissions` tab will show you who owns the file which if you can't change it will be grayed out and who has permisson to read modify and execute the file. To change permision of files the :guilabel:`Owner`, :guilabel:`Group`, or :guilabel:`Other` drop down menu will allow you to choose whether you can read, read and write, or forbidden. To make something executeable such as a script you wrote check the :guilabel:`Make the file executable`. At the bottom of the window is a bar graph showing disk useage of the storage device the file exists on.

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