Working With the File List

After an archive or disk image is successfully opened you will be presented with a list of files found inside. The list is divided into several columns:

Pathname

File type

Aux type

Modification date

Format

Size

Ratio

Packed size

Access

Columns can be hidden or returned to default sizes with buttons in the preferences screens. You can resize them by clicking and dragging on the space between items in the column header. Hide columns by shrinking them down until they disappear.

Any column can be sorted. Click on the column header once to sort on that column. Click on it a second time to change the direction of the sort. You can also use the "Sort" feature in the "Edit" menu to choose a column to sort on, or choose to return to the original order of the files.

Column widths and sort order are retained across invocations. If you change the screen font sizes with the Windows "appearances" settings, use the "Defaults" button in the preferences screen to adjust the widths for the new font size.

Select entries in the list by clicking on them. To select multiple entries, click on the first item and then shift-click on the last item. You can control-click to add or remove items from the selection list. To select all items, type Ctrl-A, or use the "Select all" function from the "Edit" menu. The "Invert selection" feature selects everything that isn't selected, and un-selects everything that is.

Double-clicking on most items will immediately bring up the file viewer. Double-clicking on ShrinkIt archives, Binary II archives, or archived disk images will cause the file to be copied into the temp folder and opened in a new instance of CiderPress. (The opened copy will be marked read-only because the file in the temp folder is thrown out as soon as CiderPress exits.)

If you double-click on multiple files (click, hold the shift key down, then double-click), the file viewer is opened for all of them regardless of what they contain.

Right-clicking brings up an abbreviated "actions" menu.

You can search for entries in large archives or disk images with the "Find" feature. Hit Ctrl-F, or select "Find" from the "Edit" menu. You can make the search case-sensitive if you like, and if you select "whole words" it will only match complete filenames or filename components. The search begins from the currently selected item, and wraps around when it reaches the end of the list.