Written by Pooya the 19 Sep 12 at 18:17.

It can solve the problem easily. for example disregard the non-music files! as easy as this! be more wise!

It can solve the problem easily. for example disregard the non-music files! as easy as this! be more wise!

Written by Aielyn the 4 Oct 12 at 12:21.

Right now, there's only one command of this type, which will "select all". But quite often, you want to only select files given certain conditions, and manually selecting them (even with judicious use of sorting, etc) can be annoying.

So how about adding some new selection commands? "Select All Same File Type" would choose all files of the same "type" (such as "plain text document" or "JPEG Image") as the currently-selected file. "Select All Similar File Type" would be a little more expansive, selecting files that are of the same type - for instance, selecting all "Image" files, or all "Audio" files.

For those two specific commands, the same command would be suitable, with the only difference being the use of the Shift key... so it could be Ctrl+s and Ctrl+Shift+S (not suggesting it actually use "s", just an example).

Similar commands could be created to, for instance, "Select All Common Extension" - this would select all files sharing an extension (or all extensions) in common with the file. So, for instance, if you have a file called "text1.pdf", and choose this command, it will select all files in the directory with ".pdf" in their name. Behaviour for multiple extensions is subject to consideration or perhaps a setting.

Another approach to handling multiple such commands could be to tie them all to Ctrl+a, but for all but the basic "Select All", you need to hold Ctrl, and then press the key corresponding to the desired behaviour (which would show up on screen after just a moment, to aid usage).

Right now, there's only one command of this type, which will "select all". But quite often, you want to only select files given certain conditions, and manually selecting them (even with judicious use of sorting, etc) can be annoying. So how about adding some new selection commands? "Select All Same File Type" would choose all files of the same "type" (such as "plain text document" or "JPEG Image") as the currently-selected file. "Select All Similar File Type" would be a little more expansive, selecting files that are of the same type - for instance, selecting all "Image" files, or all "Audio" files. For those two specific commands, the same command would be suitable, with the only difference being the use of the Shift key... so it could be Ctrl+s and Ctrl+Shift+S (not suggesting it actually use "s", just an example). Similar commands could be created to, for instance, "Select All Common Extension" - this would select all files sharing an extension (or all extensions) in common with the file. So, for instance, if you have a file called "text1.pdf", and choose this command, it will select all files in the directory with ".pdf" in their name. Behaviour for multiple extensions is subject to consideration or perhaps a setting. Another approach to handling multiple such commands could be to tie them all to Ctrl+a, but for all but the basic "Select All", you need to hold Ctrl, and then press the key corresponding to the desired behaviour (which would show up on screen after just a moment, to aid usage).