Status Bar

Status Bar

• General:

  • If upgrading, you may need to reset Preferences / File Displays / Status Bar to get all new functionality.

• File type summary:

  • Default configuration now includes a compact summary of selected file extensions (or file type groups) with a total count or size for each one.

  • This is handy when using select-all in a large folder, in case any unexpected types are included.

  • Hovering over the summary displays the same information as a pie chart.

  • Clicking the summary displays the pie chart in a dialog, with controls to change what's displayed.

  • See New status bar codes, below for more detail.

• Media duration:

  • Default configuration now includes selected and total audio/video duration.

  • Status Bar no longer triggers audio/video duration calculation by default, and instead only displays that information if a column in the file display has already triggered it.

  • You can change this via Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: [Behavior] status_metadata_trigger.

• Format lock:

  • By default, the Status Bar's old format lock (padlock icon) is now a more passive "info" icon.

  • Hovering shows information about the current Folder Format, as before, but left-clicking doesn't do anything.

  • Right-clicking opens a menu of options related to folder formats, with the format lock at the top. It can also be accessed via the default toolbars, in the Folder menu.

  • Preferences has an option to make it look and act as it did in previous versions.

• New status bar codes:

  • Evaluator code (discussed in its own section) can be used in the Status Bar between {=...=} tags.

    • This allows for more advanced logic and text formatting.

    • The standard status bar codes are available as Evaluator variables (e.g. "tf" for total files), and a "path" variable gives you the current path.

  • {var:sys:CopySpeed} displays the total current copy speed.

  • {sel:namelen} and {sel:pathlen} display the length of the selected file name and full path, respectively.

  • {ft} shows the summary of file extensions or types discussed above:

    • Shows counts by default. {ft:size} shows size instead of count. {ft:size,count} shows both.

    • Shows all files by default. {ft:sel} shows the selected files instead of all files.

    • Buckets by extension by default. {ft:group} buckets by file type group instead. For example, .jpg and .psd files would both be in the Images file type group.

    • When bucketing by extension, a few common types are handled specially. For example, .jpg and .jpeg are treated as the same extension.

    • Shows the largest (count or size) items first by default. {ft:asc} shows the smallest items first instead.

    • When many types are selected, aggregates the smaller ones into a single item like "3 more". {ft:only} hides the aggregate item.

    • Shows up to three items (plus the aggregate) by default. {ft:5} increases it to five. {ft:-1} shows all items, no matter how many.

    • {ft:0} shows a single item with a count of distinct extensions.

    • {ft:frame} draws a frame around each item, instead of drawing them as normal status bar text.

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