zabkat support forum

Option to specify a list of extensions whose files are to be hidden.

Is there such global option (no, not filter) ?

if you don't want to use a filter then the only option is to make such files hidden (attribute) and tell xplorer2 not to show hidden files. But I don't think this is something you'll like either

Just out of curiosity what type of files do you want to hide, and why?

profess wrote:Just out of curiosity what type of files do you want to hide, and why?

python compiled file .pyc

When you run a python script say foo.py, Python compiles and creates foo.pyc.

Modern source control system like git gives you the option to specify file types to ignore like readme.txt, .pyc

I would also like this feature. The filters are great, but I'd prefer to hide files as an xplorer2 setting that happens outside of the filters.

For example, in Visual Studio I have pdb and various supplemental files that I don't care about. But I use filters to hone in on dlls and other files by name and other criteria.

If I could hide the first set of files, they wouldn't affect my view when I filtered further.

xplorer2 has a default filter category {temp files} that cover all these visual studio junk stuff. All you need is to set a visual filter on -{temp files} (note leading minus) to get rid of them

nikos wrote:...(note leading minus) to get rid of them

Oohh, cool, combinatory anti-filters! Guess x2Filter's gonna need a new temp-toggle setting for its next iteration... (you just blew my weekend). You have a talent for mixing lack-of-user-friendliness with functionality. I'm having Grep flashbacks...

Hmm... experimenting... these things don't combine as much as I might have thought - if there's already another filter active, they cancel it first, then apply their "negative" effects.

Any means of having them apply only to displayed objects (leaving any previously applied [active] filter intact)?

you can combine them in comma groups, e.g. {this},-{the other},*.cpp

I really hate when you're right about things, 'cause it means I can't give out and rave-on madly about all your character faults and the failure of the world's body-politik to look after the less fortunate members of this decrepit modern society.



That said, it would nice if it each component could be applied progressively piecemeal rather than "all planned out at once" - as in, now I'm looking at a group of files, and then I decide I want to "weedle it down further" into smaller and smaller chunks by applying other filters before I finally get that piece of treasured-yet-discarded pizza out of the bin.

However, that being said as well, your method does work. Yet it does show a disrespect for the family-planning aspect where "no battle-plan survives encounter with the enemy" wherein your wife seemingly needs to pack the entire contents of the house ("just in case") when taking the baby for a mere walk in the park.

Yup, those Grep flashbacks are a curse.