The following keywords are used by the Set command (with the COLUMNS, COLUMNSADD, COLUMNSREMOVE and COLUMNSTOGGLE arguments) to change which columns are displayed in the file display (in details and power modes), and with the GROUPBY and SORTBY arguments to modify the group and sort fields. For example, Set COLUMNSADD=desc adds the Description column to the file display.

They are also used by the Rename function when renaming using metadata, and in the File Types editor when defining your own tile and infotip definitions.

Note that some columns appear in multiple categories. For historic reasons, column keywords sometimes only reflect a narrow usage when the column actually works in a wider range of situations. For example, the Duration column (mp3songlength) works with various music file types, and some movie types, not just MP3 music files.

Where columns are used to output text (for example, when generating filenames for a rename, or when displaying info tips), the format of dates, times and numeric values can be overridden.

Date and time fields

Date and time fields let you configure the date format, the time format, or both. For example,

{datetaken|D#yyyy-MM-dd}inserts the date only in yyyy-MM-dd format (e.g. 2023-09-22)
{modified|T#HH-mm-ss}inserts the modified time in HH-mm-ss format (e.g. 13:10:55)
{datetaken|A#yyyyMMddHHmmss}inserts both the date and time as yyyyMMddHHmmss (e.g. 20221130154410)

As you can see in the examples, D# is used to mark the date format, T# is used to mark the time format, and A# indicates both date and time codes are present. See the Codes for date and time page for information on date and time formats.

Numeric fields

Numeric fields let you control zero-padding. For example,

{size|#8}zero-pads the size in bytes to eight places (e.g. 00045412)
{mp3track|#2}zero-pads the track number to two places (e.g. 08)

The filename can be retrieved without the file extension using {name|noext}.


Column keywords

Date and Time

Column Keyword

Create (relative)

cdaterel

Date (accessed)

accesseddate

Date (created)

createddate

Date (modified)

modifieddate

Date and Time (accessed)

accessed

Date and Time (created)

created

Date and Time (modified)

modified

Modify (relative)

daterel

Time (accessed)

accessedtime

Time (created)

createdtime

Time (modified)

modifiedtime

Documents

Column Keyword

Authors

author

Category

category

Comment

comments

Company

companyname

Copyright

copyright

Creator

creator

Document created date

doccreateddate

Last edit time

docedittime

Last saved by

doclastsavedby

Last saved date

doclastsaveddate

Pages

pages

Producer

producer

Subject

subject

Title

title

Name and Path

Column Keyword

Extension

ext

Extension (dirs)

extdir

Filename

name

Full path

fullpath

Location

path

Location (relative)

pathrel

Parent folder

parent

Parent folder (full)

parentlocation

Parent location

parentpath

Path length

pathlen

Short name

shortname

Picture Dimensions

Column Keyword

Aspect ratio

aspectratio

Bit depth

picdepth

Dimensions

picsize
dimensions

Height

picheight

Physical height

picphysy

Physical size

picphyssize 

Physical width

picphysx

Resolution (X)

picresx

Resolution (Y)

picresy

Rotation

rotation

Width

picwidth

Picture Metadata

Column Keyword

Altitude

altitude

Aperture

apertureval

Artists

mp3artist

Camera make

cameramake

Camera model

cameramodel

Color model

colormodel

Contrast

contrast

Coordinates

coords

Copyright

copyright

Creation software

software

Date digitized

datedigitized

Date taken

datetaken
shootingtime

Digital Zoom

digitalzoom

Exposure bias

exposurebias

Exposure program

exposureprogram

Exposure time

exposuretime

F-number

fnumber

Flash

flash

Focal length

focallength

Focal length (35mm)

35mmfocallength

ISO speed

isorating

Image description

imagedesc

Image quality

imagequality

Latitude

latitude

Lens make

lensmake

Lens model

lensmodel

Longitude

longitude

Macro mode

macromode

Metering mode

meteringmode

Saturation

saturation

Scene capture type

scenecapturetype

Scene mode

scenemode

Sharpness

sharpness

Shutter speed

shutterspeed

Subject

subject

Subject distance

subjectdistance

Special instructions

instructions

Title

title

White balance

whitebalance

Programs

Column Keyword

Copyright

copyright

Company

companyname

Module Description

moddesc

Module Version

modversion

Product Name

prodname

Product Version

prodversion

File Size

Column Keyword

Size (KB)

sizekb

Size (auto)

sizeauto

Size (bytes)

size

Size (relative)

sizerel

Size on disk (KB)

disksizekb

Size on disk (auto)

disksizeauto

Size on disk (bytes)

disksize

Size on disk (relative)

disksizerel

Uncompressed Size

uncompressedsize

General

Column Keyword

Attributes

attr

Availability

availability

Description

desc

File count

filecount

Font name

fontname

Group

group

Index

index

Label

label

MD5 checksum

md5sum

Owner

owner

Rating

rating

SHA-1 checksum

shasum

Status Icons

status

Sub-folder count

dircount

Tags

keywords

Target

target

Thumbnail

thumbnail

Total File count

filecounttotal

Total Sub-folder count

dircounttotal

Type

type

User description

userdesc

Movies

Column Keyword

Aspect ratio

aspectratio

Audio codec

audiocodec
mp3type

Bit depth

picdepth

Bit rate

mp3bitrate

Broadcast date

broadcastdate

Channel number

channel

Credits

credits

Data rate

datarate

Dimensions

picsize
dimensions

Duration

duration
mp3songlength

Episode name

episodename

FOURCC code

fourcc

Frame rate

framerate

Height

picheight

High definition?

ishd

Mode

mp3mode

Physical size

picphyssize

Publisher

publisher

Recording time

recordingtime

Repeat?

isrepeat

Sample rate

mp3samplerate

Station name

station

Video codec

videocodec

Width

picwidth

Music

Column Keyword

Album

mp3album

Album artist

mp3albumartist

Artists

mp3artist

Audio codec

audiocodec
mp3type

BPM

mp3bpm

Bit depth

picdepth

Bit rate

mp3bitrate

Compilation

compilation

Composers

composers

Conductors

conductors

Copyright

copyright

Disc number

mp3disc
mp3disk

Duration

mp3songlength

Encoded by

mp3encoder

Encoding Software

mp3encodingsoftware

Genre

mp3genre

Initial key

initialkey

Mode

mp3mode

Music comment

mp3comment

Music info

mp3info

Music title

mp3title

Protected

mp3drm

Release date

releasedate

Sample rate

mp3samplerate

Track number

mp3track

Year

mp3year

You can also access some columns that aren't part of the standard set of columns shown above. These can come from various places - third-party shell namespace extensions can provide custom columns, as can Opus plugins. Additionally, Zip and FTP define several columns that are only valid in those types of folders. In Opus, these columns all appear under the Other category. To refer to one of these columns from a command you need to know the name of the column, and then use the appropriate prefix to indicate that you want to use a special column.

 

Columns provided by shell extensions (as in the screenshot above) are prefixed with sh: in Opus - the keyword for the column is the name shown in the list without spaces.

For example, to add the SVN Status column you might use the command Set COLUMNSADD sh:svnstatus.

Columns provided by plugins (e.g. the 7-Zip plugin) must be prefixed by the name of the plugin DLL (e.g. opus7zip:packed).

The following column keywords are provided by Opus but only valid in certain folders:

Column Keyword

FTP keywords

Transfer time

ftp:xfertime

Group

ftp:group

Computer keywords

Free space on drive

sh:freespace

File system

sh:filesys

Used space (graph)

sh:usedpercent

Free space (graph)

sh:freepercent

Network location

sh:netlocation

Used space on drive

sh:usedspace

Zip keywords

Compressed size

zip:compsize

Compression ratio

zip:compratio

Compression method

zip:compmethod

CRC checksum

zip:compcrc

7-Zip keywords

Packed size

opus7zip:packed

Ratio

opus7zip:ratio

CRC

opus7zip:crc

Block

opus7zip:block

Index

opus7zip:index

Is solid?

opus7zip:solid

Method

opus7zip:method

Mode

opus7zip:mode

Link

opus7zip:link

User

opus7zip:user

Group

opus7zip:group