~~Title: FileGroup ~~
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The **FileGroup** object exposes information about a file group (when the file display is set to group by a particular column). The **[[tab|Tab]].filegroups** property returns a collection representing the current file groups in that tab, and the **[[item|Item]].filegroup** property returns the current file group of a particular item.\\
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Note: If you need to find which //file type group// a file is part of, rather than how the file is grouping based on currently visible columns, see the [[filetypegroup|FiletypeGroup]] object instead.\\
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$$ Property Name
$$ Return Type
$$ Description
$$ (#)//<default value>//
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the name of the group.
$$ collapsed
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the group is currently collapsed.
$$ count
$$ //int//
$$ Returns the number of items in this group. Note that groups can be empty; empty groups are not displayed in the file display but will still be returned by the **Tab.filegroups** property.
$$ id
$$ //int//
$$ Returns the id number of this group. Id numbers are arbitrary - you shouldn't place any meaning on the actual value, but you can compare the id fields as an easy way to tell if two items are in the same group.
$$ members
$$ //object://**[[items|Items]]** 
$$ Returns an **[[items|Items]]** object that represents all the files and folders in this group.
$$ type
$$ //string//
$$ Returns a string indicating the collation type of the group.
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