Adding, Removing and Editing Clauses
Each clause in the filter control has a number of controls that are used to
edit the filter.
From left to right:
- The button adds a new clause to the filter
above the line clicked on (to add a clause to the end of the filter,
click the button displayed at the bottom on a
line by itself).
- The button deletes a clause.
- The button lets you disable a
clause while preserving its information (as opposed to deleting it). When
a clause is disabled it has no effect on the filter at all.
- The drop-down lets you choose the boolean
operator (and or or) linking the selected
clause with the one above it. The very first clause in the filter, or
the first clause in a sub-clause, will not have this drop-down because there
is nothing to link it with.
- The drop-down defines the type of the clause - which
attribute of the file is actually compared (name, size, date, etc).
This is also used to begin a new sub-clause by selecting Subclause
from the drop-down list.
- The drop-down lets you choose whether the
clause must be true (Match) or false
(No Match) for the filter (or parent clause) to match.
You can also edit the filter using the keyboard. Use the Tab
key to move between controls in the current clause, and the Up
and Down Cursor keys to move between clauses. You can
press the + or Insert keys to add a clause,
the - or Delete keys to delete a clause, and
the Space bar to turn a clause on or off.