The Filesystem Browser
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The Filesystem Browser

The Filesystem Browser is a folder viewer, allowing you to open files from a displayed folder in the current frame.

From top down, the Filesystem Browser consist of the following elements:

A Toolbar

This contains standard navigations tool buttons:

Home

Pressing it will cause the folder view to cd to your home folder.

Up

This will cause the folder view to cd to the immediate parent of the currently displayed folder if possible.

Back

Causes the folder view to cd to the previously displayed folder in the history. This button is disabled, if there is no previous item.

Forward

Causes the folder view to cd to the next folder in the history. This button is disabled, if there is no next folder.

Sync

This button will cause the folder view to cd to the folder of the currently active document if possible. This button is disabled, if the active document is a new, unsaved file, or the folder in which it resides can not be decided.

A URL entry

Here you can type the path of a folder to browse. The URL entry maintains a list of previously typed paths. To choose one use the arrow button to the right of the entry.

Tip

The URL entry has folder auto-completion. The completion method can be set using the right mouse button menu of the text entry.

A Folder View

This is a standard KDE folder view.

A Filter Entry

The Filter entry allows you to enter a filter for the files displayed in the folder view. The filter uses standard globs; patterns must be separated by white space. Example: *.cpp *.h *.moc

To display all files, enter a single asterisk *.

The filter entry saves the last 10 filters entered between sessions, to use one, press the arrow button on the right of the entry and select the desired filter string.

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