"Show Files in Subfolders" always on - option

[kentm]

I would love it if it was an option. I understand that its probably set to 'off' to avoid memory issues, but maybe this choice can be placed into the user's hands?

This feature just lets me work, quickly, without being aware of my tool, because it allows me to skim through my image library quickly and efficiently in a very 'stream of consciousness' kind of way thats just not possible if I have to continually be reactivating my view finder settings. Continually having to reactivate the "Show Files in Subfolders" feature is very much a distraction and limitation...

As discussed in this thread:

http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=30197

[m.Th.]

+1

Common behavior in Lightroom (besides of PhaseOne's Media Pro) and in several other less known programs.

Useful and easy to implement.

When the 'Show Files in Subfolders' checkbox is...

OFF: then the program will have

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SELECT * From FOLDERS WHERE Pathname = 'c:/bar/'

ON: the program will have

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SELECT * FROM FOLDERS WHERE Pathname BETWEEN 'c:/bar/' AND 'c:/bar/￮￮￮'

Note: The '￮￮￮' from the query above are the Unicode FFEE (Halfwidth White Circle) character. It is a character with a very big Unicode index hence all subfolders will be gathered by the query above. I avoided the LIKE and '%' wildcard because '%' can appear in the text of the path and anyway the query will be translated in the equivalent which I posted above.