Status Bar

• General:
  • If upgrading, you may need to reset Preferences / File Displays / Status Bar to get all new functionality.
• File type summary:
  • Default configuration now includes a compact summary of selected file extensions (or file type groups) with a total count or size for each one.
  • This is handy when using select-all in a large folder, in case any unexpected types are included.
  • Hovering over the summary displays the same information as a pie chart.
  • Clicking the summary displays the pie chart in a dialog, with controls to change what's displayed.
  • See New status bar codes, below for more detail.
• Media duration:
  • Default configuration now includes selected and total audio/video duration.
  • Status Bar no longer triggers audio/video duration calculation by default, and instead only displays that information if a column in the file display has already triggered it.
  • You can change this via Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: [Behavior] status_metadata_trigger.
• Format lock:
  • By default, the Status Bar's old format lock (padlock icon) is now a more passive "info" icon.
  • Hovering shows information about the current Folder Format, as before, but left-clicking doesn't do anything.
  • Right-clicking opens a menu of options related to folder formats, with the format lock at the top. It can also be accessed via the default toolbars, in the Folder menu.
  • Preferences has an option to make it look and act as it did in previous versions.
• New status bar codes:
  • Evaluator code (discussed in its own section) can be used in the Status Bar between {=...=} tags.
    • This allows for more advanced logic and text formatting.
    • The standard status bar codes are available as Evaluator variables (e.g. "tf" for total files), and a "path" variable gives you the current path.
  • {var:sys:CopySpeed} displays the total current copy speed.
  • {sel:namelen} and {sel:pathlen} display the length of the selected file name and full path, respectively.
  • {ft} shows the summary of file extensions or types discussed above:
    • Shows counts by default. {ft:size} shows size instead of count. {ft:size,count} shows both.
    • Shows all files by default. {ft:sel} shows the selected files instead of all files.
    • Buckets by extension by default. {ft:group} buckets by file type group instead. For example, .jpg and .psd files would both be in the Images file type group.
    • When bucketing by extension, a few common types are handled specially. For example, .jpg and .jpeg are treated as the same extension.
    • Shows the largest (count or size) items first by default. {ft:asc} shows the smallest items first instead.
    • When many types are selected, aggregates the smaller ones into a single item like "3 more". {ft:only} hides the aggregate item.
    • Shows up to three items (plus the aggregate) by default. {ft:5} increases it to five. {ft:-1} shows all items, no matter how many.
    • {ft:0} shows a single item with a count of distinct extensions.
    • {ft:frame} draws a frame around each item, instead of drawing them as normal status bar text.

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