As you become more familiar with File Manager, you may want to
change some settings to better suit your needs or personal preferences.
The Preferences dialog lets you make these changes.
You may also want to customize File Manager by specifying which
filetypes you are not interested in seeing. You can hide certain files and
directories using the Filter List.
Changing the Icon Sort Order |
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Choose "Set Preference" from the View menu.
Select the sort order you prefer from the Order box.
"Alphabetically" sorts all icons alphabetically by name, A-Z (ascending) or Z-A (descending). Upper-case letters are sorted first.
"By File Type" groups icons according to file type. Within each group of similar types, the icons are sorted alphabetically.
"By Date" sorts icons according to the last time the files were modified, oldest to youngest (ascending) or youngest to oldest (descending).
"By Size" sorts icons by file size, smallest to largest (ascending) or largest to smallest (descending).
Select the sort direction from the Direction box: Ascending or Descending.
Choose OK.
If you have Placement set to "As Placed", icons are sorted only when you
choose "Clean Up" from the View menu or when you choose "Apply" in the
Preferences dialog. If Placement is set to "Sorted Grid", the icons are
sorted each time there's a change to the directory's contents or when you
choose "Reread" from the Directory menu.
Resorting Files and Directories |
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As you move or delete files, the icons in the File Manager can start
to look disorganized. To re-sort them,
choose "Clean Up" from the View menu.
The "Clean Up" command sorts the objects in the current view (according to the
settings in the Set Preferences dialog) and lines them up in a grid
pattern. The settings in other File Manager windows are not affected.
The "Clean Up" command is inactive if you have the Placement preference set
to "Sorted Grid".
Changing Style of File Manager View |
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You can control how icons are sorted and placed within File Manager.
Choose "Set Preference" from the View menu.
Select your preferences (Placement, Show, View, Order, and Direction).
Choose OK.
To view the results before closing the Set Preferences dialog,
choose Apply.
Saving the Current Preferences as Default |
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Set the preferences that you want using "Set Preferences" and "Modify Filter List" in the View menu.
Choose "Save Settings" from the View menu. File Manager prompts to verify that you want the current settings saved.
Choose OK.
After saving the current preferences, all new File Manager views you open
use the new preferences and filter list.
Showing Hidden Files and Directories |
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Hidden files and directories are those whose filetypes are selected in the
filter list. By default, the hidden filetypes are DOT_FILE, DOT_DIR,
and CURRENT_DIRECTORY. This means that all file and directory names
that begin with a dot (.) are hidden. The name of the current
directory is represented as . so it is also hidden.
To hide files, choose "Show Hidden Files" from the View menu.
The "Show Hidden Files" command is a toggle, so to hide the files, choose
"Show Hidden Files" again.
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