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Select All files with same extension

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Taken from the 2nd feature request of this other post : http://bexplorer.codeplex.com/discussions/352751#editor
I thought it deserved to have its own issue.
 

  1. The "Select" group (in the Home tab) now contains the Conditional selection. It's really useful but not fast enough if you want to select all files of the same type than the one you have already selected.
     
    Frankly, it would be really useful to have another icon/button (maybe called "Select same type files") that would select all the other JPEG files if the currently selected file is also a .jpg file.
     
    Thanks
Closed Jun 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM by DimitarCC
Added in last svn commit.

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jacobrh94 wrote Jun 4, 2012 at 5:02 AM

I had consolidated this request into the Conditional Select feature, but I can understand that it's not quick to do that.

I can work on implementing this, and also add in things like "Select all files created the same day" and things like that as well.

JaykeBird

DimitarCC wrote Jun 4, 2012 at 7:36 AM

please be aware of that if folder contain too many files that selection will be really slow

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 5, 2012 at 2:32 AM

That will be a problem that users will have to be aware of. I may include a warning if the folder is large enough.

JaykeBird

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 6, 2012 at 8:14 AM

This will be added in by Dimitar soon.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jun 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM

I have just tested the build 91397 and it works fine.

I didn't expect you to add this icon in a sub-menu but it's even better. This way, it doesn't take extra space on the ribbon.

One thing though :
  • after the files are selected, you have to double click on an empty area to unselect them all
When you select a file normally, you just have to click once to unselect.. Is it normal ?

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 8, 2012 at 2:42 AM

Yeah, it was the idea from the beginning to put it in a menu. :) Dimitar and I had different ideas of where exactly it would be though, but surprisingly, he took my suggestion.

Lol. Anyway, unrelated, you have to click twice to unselect items? Interesting... I'll take a look into that... I don't know what code Dimitar used to make the item, so that might be the cause...

I will also work on adding more items in that menu as well...

JaykeBird

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 8, 2012 at 7:43 PM

I think you have to click twice because the menu has a tendency to stay open. I will fix that. :)

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jun 17, 2012 at 7:20 PM

It doesn't work anymore in the build 91825.

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 18, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Note that, like all Conditional Select features, it does not work in libraries and other special locations.

Nonetheless, I will test it. As far as I know, it shouldn't have been changed at all.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jun 18, 2012 at 6:20 AM

"Note that, like all Conditional Select features, it does not work in libraries and other special locations."

Oh, sorry. I forgot about that. Maybe you could add an error message if the user uses the Conditionnal buttons while he is in the Libraries ? (just to make him remember it's not going to work) ?

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 19, 2012 at 4:23 AM

I think we might be able to do something like that...

JaykeBird

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