Configuration - Auto Switch Mode Back
View modes can either be changed manually via menu, or automatically via rules. On this page you can define rules for automatic mode changes, e.g. to show a different background color for FTP connections.
Automatically switch view mode on directory change
Turns the automatic view mode change on/off.
Rules User-defined rules for changing the view mode. Each rule can consist of several sub-rules, which can be combined with & (AND) or | (OR). & means that all the rules must match. | means that just one of the rules must match.
Add... Adds a new rule.
Delete... Deletes the rule selected in the list.
Arrows Change the order of the rules. After a directory change, the rules are checked in the given order until a rule matches.
Sub-rules of the selected rule:
Rule: The chosen rule. Multiple rules can be combined with & (AND) or | (OR). AND takes precedence over OR,
e.g. (Rule A AND Rule B) OR (Rule C AND Rule D).
Available rules:
+ The directory and the specified file types must all match
- The directory must match and the specified file types must not match
% At least half of the file names must match the given file types, e.g. 50% pictures
? At least one of the file names must match the given file types
The folder type is:
D a directory in the form c:\directory or \\server\share
L a directory with drive letter in the form c:\directory . One or more drive types can be set in the edit box:
1=removable harddisk, 2=USB stick, 3=fixed, 4=remote, 5=CD-ROM, 6=RAM disk.
U a UNC path in the form \\server\share
V a virtual folder like the desktop
F an FTP connection (Ctrl+F or Ctrl+N)
A an archive file like c:\directory\file.zip
P a file system plugin, e.g. \\Secure FTP\connection
S a search result (Commands - Search - Feed to listbox)
Directory: Name of the directory to match the current directory. By appending a * to the end, all subdirectories will be matched too. The path may contain wildcards elsewhere too.
Examples:
c:\photos\ Just the folder "photos"
c:\photos\* The folder "photos" and all subfolders
c:\photos\*2016*\* Folders below "photos", which contain the substring "2016", and all subfolders
File types: The file names in the current directory are compared with the given file types. Depending on the rule (+, - %, ?), all files have to match the given types, or none, or at least half, or at least one. The rules allow to specify multiple types, separated by spaces, or the exclusion of types (behind |).
Examples:
*.doc *.docx *.xlsx Find the specified office files
a*.* | *.bak *.org * .~* Find all files starting with "a", but do not find the specified backup types
More sub-rules Adds another rule
Fewer sub-rules Removes the rule at the bottom
Set this mode: The specified mode will be set if the rule matches the directory.