I have Filter buttons that use two different methods to filter

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Currently I have Filter buttons and commands on my Toolbar that use two different methods to filter the files in the Lister.

I have filters that refer to the defined filters that show up in Filter Bar menu. These filters do their job, turn the Lister background green because I’ve set them to, and toggle on and off from the button. They look like:

Set QUICKFILTER=grp:Images

Then I have some filters that use custom filters that I created in Preferences > File Operations > Filters. These work, but don’t turn the Lister background green, don’t toggle on and off, and I have to use refresh to undo them. They look like:

Select "Created past 24 hrs" FILTER

Select INVERT HIDESEL

Is there a way to make the second filters behave like the first, toggle and turn the background green so I know they are on?

I also would like to add custom filters to the Filter Bar menu if it’s possible.

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grp:Images is just a special wildcard, not any kind of saved filter. Wildcards can reference file type groups which expand into something like *.(jpg|gif|bmp|...)

There isn't a way to have ongoing filtering based on anything but the Name column, at least currently. More complex filters have to be applied explicitly (e.g. via button or hotkey, or automatically on folder change or refresh, which a script could do) and are always a one-off which would need updating for new files appearing in the folder.

You can have highlighting of files based on creation date (or most other criteria), but not ongoing filtering.