Windows 8 In Depth

Filtering Files

Filtering files means changing the folder view so that only files that have one or more specified property values are displayed. Returning to the Type property example, you could filter the folder’s files to show only those where Type was, say, JPG Image or File Folder.

In Details view, when you pull down the list associated with a property’s header, you see an item for each discrete property value, along with a check box for each value. To filter the files, activate the check boxes for the property values you want to view. For example, in Figure 6.17 we’ve activated the check boxes beside the BMP File and JPG File values in the Type property, and only those two types appear in the folder.

Figure 6.17. You can filter a folder ...