Select Files Your Way
Many of FileBoss' features (e.g. copy, delete, touch,
rename, drag and drop, etc.) operate on files and folders
you have selected. And since FileBoss can manipulate
thousands of files at a time, easy and varied methods of
selection are extremely important.
FileBoss provides a number of different methods for
selecting files and folders so that you can use the way that
suits your needs best. It also expands on the common Windows
conventions for selecting files (e.g.
Sticky Selection Mode,
Locked Selection and
Persistent Selections) to make all of your file
manipulation tasks faster and more accurate. Selecting
by Mouse
Click on any item to select or deselect it. Hold down the
left mouse button while dragging across multiple files to
select contiguous files, hold down the Shift key while
dragging the mouse to deselect contiguous files.
Two options affect how the mouse selects files:
Sticky Selections
 Specifies that when an entry is clicked with the mouse other
selected entries will not be automatically deselected. This
allows you to quickly selected multiple entries and ranges
of entries without worrying about loosing the selected
status of previously selected items.
When Sticky Mode is not active, hold down the
Ctrl key while clicking the mouse to make the
selections additive just like in many other programs..
When Sticky Mode is active, hold down the
Ctrl key while clicking the mouse to
temporarily cancel Sticky Mode.
Sticky Selections is on by default.
Lock Selections
 Prevents any changes to the selection status of files by clicking or clicking
and dragging the mouse. Note that this only applies to actions of the mouse. You
can still change selections with toolbar buttons, menu commands and keyboard.Selecting by Keyboard
You can select and deselect files and folders in the
contents window using the Space Bar or the Arrow keys
along with the Shift and Ctrl keys.
- Space Bar to select or deselect
- Shift + Arrow keys to select as highlight moves
- Shift+Ctrl + Arrow keys to deselect.
How to Do It
- Use the Up and Down arrow keys or the Page Up / Page Down
keys to move to the file you want to select or deselect.
- To select the highlighted file tap the space bar. If the
file is already selected tapping the Space Bar will deselect
it.
- To select a range of files starting with the current file,
hold down a Shift key while using the Up or Down Arrow keys
to move the highlight bar. To deselect a range of files,
hold down the Ctrl key along with the Shift Key.
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(Note: Selecting and deselecting files with the
keyboard can be done even with the selection status locked.
Locking only prevents the selection state from being changed
with the mouse.) |
Selecting by
Menu
Commands
Selecting by
Patterns, Date & Times, File Sizes and
Attributes
Selecting by Description displays a dialog box where you can
describe the files you want to either select or deselect.
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