User Interface - Advanced Selection

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The Advanced Selection preferences page is accessed by selecting Options, followed by Preferences and finally User Interface from the main menu bar. Then click on the Advanced Selection tab at the top of the preferences dialog.

You can completely customize the way you select files in Magellan Explorer.

Up through the years several different methods have been used in a variety of products so it seems that everyone have their favorite way of selecting files and folders. By changing the settings on this tab you can emulate most of them.

Please note that changed made on this tab and Selection effect each other.

One-Click Configuration

If you have previously used and prefer the selection method of Windows Explorer or Norton Commander you may use it by clicking on one of the buttons. To restore the settings to factory default click on Normal.

Details display

To be able to support different selection methods Magellan Explorer comes with its own, custom folder window control. The look and feel of this is different from the standard Explorer/Windows folder window in some respects.

If you want Magellan Explorer to behave similar to Windows Explorer please choose the Explorer details option.

File selection

Folder Memory

The following options only affects the folders in the folder memory of Magellan Explorer. You may specify the size of the folder memory at the bottom of the tab. By default Magellan Explorer remembers the contents and selection of the last 10 folders you have opened.

·	Selection on focus change - If you make the other folder window active and later change back to the back then Magellan Explorer will remember your selection in the original folder window if this options is checked.

·	Selection on folder change - If you select some files in a folder, open a new folder in the same folder window, and later come back to the original folder in either folder window then Magellan Explorer will remember your selection.

·	Scroll bar position - If you use the scroll bar in a folder, open a new folder in the same folder window, and later come back to the original folder in either folder window then Magellan Explorer will remember the position of the scroll bar.

·	Number of folders to remember - Folders that are in the folder memory of Magellan Explorer will in addition to being able to remember it's state, load faster. However, increasing the size of the folder memory will result in bigger demand of system resources and is not recommended on normal systems.

Deselect files

·	When clicking with the left mouse button on a empty area in the folder window - If this option is enabled files will be deselected if you click on the area below the last files if there isn't enough files to fill the folder window completely.

·	After performing a file operation - By checking this option Magellan Explorer will automatically deselect files after you apply a tool on them (e.g. copy, rename).