Can styles be assigned or locked to libraries?

Can styles be assigned or locked to libraries so when a library is opened it automatically uses a set style?
Thanks

Styles? No. Styles encompass things outside of the scope of any one folder. (e.g. A style may define which folder you are in, or which folder tabs are open. It wouldn't make sense for changing folder to be able to trigger a change of those details.)

Rather than Styles, did you mean Folder Options / Folder Formats? If so, yes, those can be saved and applied for particular library folders in the same way they are saved for normal folders.

Is there another way to store the view settings for folders other than styles and layouts?
(Styles are the only way I see to define a folders view - how can this be saved to a folder?)

I would like to have a (list of folders) “preset” to show only specific filtered files using preset view settings?

Examples:

Folder [css:]
show only (.css) files for this folder and all sub-folders
no folders (i.e. flat view)
save filter results until manual refresh

Folder [xyz company:]
show only files with (meta/tag = company xyz) for this folder and all sub-folders
no folders (i.e. flat view)
save (filter/find) results until manual refresh

Filters can be set for particular folders via Folder Formats.

I don't think you can turn on/off Flat View automatically when entering specific folders. You could make a button/hotkey/etc. which goes to the folder & turns Flat View on, but can't trigger a change in Flat View setting when entering a particular folder.

Not sure what you mean by the cache stuff.

In this case I think it would. :sunglasses:

You mean there isn't a setting for opus to cache the find or filter results? - lol . . . just an idea :wink:

Thanks Leo

What about meta: How do I set a folder to just show files with a specific meta-tag or keyword. Having to always use the find tools is "clunky and not quickly applied!” lol

Would this qualify as a feature request? Or is it on the to-do list?

Folder Formats can only filter things by filename.

If you want to filter by other attributes or metadata, you have to either apply a filter via the Select command (which can both filter and select things, either by wildcards or via the same types of filters you can use with the Find, Advanced panel), or run a Find or Search command. (You can create buttons which run preset Find or Search commands, so you just click a button and see the results without further prompting.) (Find = The built-in find functionality within Opus. Search = Windows Search queries.)

You can create a stored query using the Windows search system which automatically refreshes when you go into the collection.

What is the difference with windows search system vs Opus search system in this reguard?

I haven't looked at file collections yet, they are next on my list.

  • How do they differ from libraries?

Also, I have found a way to create a list of folders that will automatically use the flat view:

  • Add new menu to toolbar
  • Add new button
  • Add advanced function to button: {Go "S:\menus\favorites"} {Set FLATVIEW=On}
    And it works great for as many folder buttons I need.

I'm guessing there are a lot of cool thing that can be done using these easily layered functions. Very nice, in that it doesn't require more complex scripting!

Opus' Find function is like any traditional find function in that it crawls the directories looking for a match to your search criteria...

Windows Search is (I believe) an index-based search, where the indexing/cataloging is done by Microsoft's Windows Search engine... Opus integrates with Windows Search for ad-hoc searches, as well as in a new (to v10) use of the "File Collection" feature. Traditionally, File Collection store a static list of items (files or folders) as members of the collection... In v10, you can associate a search query with a collection so that each time you browse or refresh that File Collection, you're getting an updated view of the results of the query.

[quote="kgibbs"]I haven't looked at file collections yet, they are next on my list.

  • How do they differ from libraries?[/quote]
    As mentioned above, traditional File Collections allow you to add both files and folders directly to a collection as items that will be displayed in the collection. If you browse a "folder" you've added to a collection via it's collection path, you'll be re-directed to the 'real' folders location rather than appear to be continuing to navigate down through any sort of 'virtual' directory path starting at the file collection root... though there is a sub-collection capability that basically let's you create a virtual directory structure within a collection. In any case, the actual "content" that is added to a collection is "static".

Libraries allow you to specify one or more member "folders" whose "contents" will then be displayed under the library. If you add multiple members folders to a library, then the "contents" of each of the member folders will be combined into a sort of virtual file list - as if the items contained in the member folders were all stored in the same (single) parent directory (the 'library'). As you browse through folders that are displayed in a Library, you'll continue to navigate through the Library path... so the entire view of files accessed this way is sort of 'virtual'.

[quote="kgibbs"]Also, I have found a way to create a list of folders that will automatically use the flat view:

  • Add new menu to toolbar
  • Add new button
  • Add advanced function to button: {Go "S:\menus\favorites"} {Set FLATVIEW=On}
    And it works great for as many folder buttons I need.[/quote]
    Yep, that's pretty much what Leo was suggesting earlier in this thread...

Thanks steje, for the ‘generous' and "excellent" post!

I understand most of this in theory. Now it’s time to test my comprehension skills :confused: before I ask anymore questions. lol

  • I created a new file collection folder and checked "read new collection automatically".
  • I saved an opus search to this new file collection folder.
  • I tested to see if it would refresh (i.e. dynamically) each time I accessed it with new matching filter criteria, but it is staying static (i.e.. cached)

Am I missing a step or not understanding the concept?

Also, If I get this working, I don't see how to toggle the option to auto refresh or stay static (i.e. dynamic or cached).
Thanks

I think you are confusing Find (Tools -> Find Files, Opus's own functionality) and Search (the search field at the top-right of the window, which hooks into Windows Search).

[ul][li]Delete any extra collections you've made so far for this; you don't need them.

[/li]
[li]Type your query into the Search field and wait for the results to come back.

[/li]
[li]Right-click the background of the results list and choose Save as Stored Query to save the results into a collection. (The collection will be created under File Collections / Stored Queries.)

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[li]Go up a level from there, so you're looking at File Collections / Stored Queries and can see the collection you just created.

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[li]Right-click the collection, choose Properties, then turn on Refresh results automatically[/li][/ul]