Selection

Summary

This page describes all the features of the Selection panel, the left part of the user interface.

This panel is used to refine a selection for the various screens and features.
With the mode Search in file catalogs, the selection will filter information for the Search, Devices, Create, and Statistics screens.
With the mode Search in connected drives, a directory directly from connected devices can be selected. This is only used for the Search screen;

Top buttons:

Show/Hide: The top left button can be used to Hide and Show again the panel.
Reset: this button with the broom icon resets the current selection, so that all catalogs/data are selected.
Reload: this reloads the entire collection data, helping for instance to update the application for changes on data done outside of it.

Selection information: This section show the current selection of Virtual, Storage, or Catalog device.

The button next to the Device tree label can be used to loop between show the tree fully collapsed, or first level, or second level.

Search: with will simply select the item and go to the Search screen
Explore: this opens the selected catalog in the Explore screen
Update: this triggers the update (scan of files) of the selected Storage or Catalog device

With this option, a search can be done directly in any directory of connected/mouted drive, without the need of a Catalog.