Label Filter issue

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I've noticed a problem today where the Select filter does not deem auto-labeled items as having labels (it sees them as "no label").

Repro:

  1. create a test folder
  2. create a new empty file (zero bytes) inside the test folder
  3. go to the (Opus) Folder Options for that test folder, and define a Label Filter that sets a red color to any zero size item
  4. use a Select filter (ctrl+s) Advanced Selection and tell it to select files with red color label

The select filter will fail unless you tell it to select "No label" files, while your file is visibly labeled red the whole time.

2

Correct, it is only meant to find explicitly applied labels.

Usually the automatically applied labels have such simple criteria that it would be easier to simply specify the same criteria in the select filter.

However, if you are using complex filters/criteria and wish to define a filter centrally, then use it for both labels and selection, you can do that via Preferences / File Operations / Filters. Then you can use a Filter clause in the label or selection, which refers to the saved filter. (Essentially, one filter pointing to another by name.)

3

That makes sense, thanks!