Folding subdirectories in Synchronize tool

[browny]

The task is to compare two directory trees with source files, where one or both sides have additional subdirectories with object/executable/temporary/etc files.
It would be convenient to be able to fold those additional blocks of files. For example, hide Application\Win32\Debug.

Possibly, this could be done with additional buttons(s) on directory dividers.
Option 1. Fold/unfold each block individually.
Option 2. Fold/unfold the whole subdirectory tree.
Option 3. Both Option 1 and Option 2, hence two buttons would be needed.

For moderate numbers of files and directories Options 1 should be sufficient, and maybe relatively simple to implement.

[JOUBE]

Oh no, that already exists via

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*.* | folder1\ folder2\ file1

and with right clicks and select/deselect at the folder lines.

[petermad]

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*.* | folder1\ folder2\ file1

That will only skip the stated folders / files from the comparison - you cannot turn the display of the folders on and off without editing the wildcard field and making new comparison.

[JOUBE]

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*.* | folder1\ folder2\ file1

That will only skip the stated folders / files from the comparison - you cannot turn the display of the folders on and off without editing the wildcard field and making new comparison.

Oh no, who would have thought... But it solves the issue mentioned.

[ghisler(Author)]

You can't hide them, but you can now at least jump from folder to folder by left/right clicking on the current folder/number of folders display to the right of the buttons duplicates/singles.

[JOUBE]

And it is also possible to remove all marks for a folder and all its subfolders and all files with one single mouse click.

[petermad]

it is also possible to remove all marks for a folder and all its subfolders

How do you make that happen for all subfolders?

[JOUBE]

it is also possible to remove all marks for a folder and all its subfolders

How do you make that happen for all subfolders?

Simply by clicking in the mark box of the folder, the prerequisite is that the folder to be copied has a corresponding mark box. Never tried it?

[petermad]

the prerequisite is that the folder to be copied has a corresponding mark box

But this only works if the option "Empty directories" is enabled, and then only for directories that exists on only one side. And anyway, that has nothing to do with folding folders as requested in the first post.

[JOUBE]

And anyway, that has nothing to do with folding folders as requested in the first post.

As has been shown in this thread, there are various ways to address the proposed issue using existing resources.

[browny]

As has been shown in this thread, there are various ways to address the proposed issue using existing resources.

The correct statement should be:
As has been shown in this thread, there are various clumsy ways to try to address the issues imagined by JOUBE.
There is no way to quickly transfer the names of folders to the filter, it might require multiple recompares and so on.

The issue was not proposed, it just exists.
There was no need to mark/unmark files in the folded directories, folding should free up screen space and maybe show the changes on one page without scrolling through hundreds of temporary files.