~~Title: GlobalFilters ~~
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The **GlobalFilters** object provides information about the global file and folder filter settings (configured on the **[[:preferences:preferences_categories:filtering_and_sorting:filters|Filters]]** page in Preferences). It is obtained from the **[[dopus|DOpus]]**.filters property.


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$$ Property Name
$$ Return Type
$$ Description
$$ enable
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the global wildcard filters are enabled.
$$ file
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the global filename filter wildcard pattern. If the wildcard is configured to use regular expressions, it will have a **regex:** prefix in front of the pattern.
$$ folder
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the global folder filter wildcard pattern. If the wildcard is configured to use regular expressions, it will have a **regex:** prefix in front of the pattern.
$$ hidehidden
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the global option to hide hidden files is on.
$$ hidesystem
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the global option to hide operating system files is on.
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