Detailed Info Window Preview List

Preview List

The preview list shows which files/folders are to be renamed and information about the names. There are several formats available for displaying the information. The information is shown in a series of columns and rows. Rows are highlighted with different colours depending on whether the new names are OK, have an error, have a warning, or have been manually edited.

The base pathname of the file/folder to be renamed.

The old or original name of the file/folder to be renamed.

Length indicator to show the length of the old name.

Length indicator to show the length of the full path of the old name.

The new name of the file/folder after renaming.

Length indicator to show the length of the new name.

Length indicator to show the length of the full path of the new name.

Type indicator to show whether a name is a file or a folder.

Any problems detected with carrying out the renaming. The problems are prefixed by an indicator showing which error or warning message from the summary corresponds to the problem. Some examples of types of problems which are detected are when the new name is the same as an existing name, a new name will be the same as another new name, a new name will contain unprintable characters, or a new filename will contain characters not allowed by Windows (eg. '*', '<', '>', '\', '/', ':', '?'). The Problem column is only displayed if there are any problems detected. If there are no problems, the Problem column is not displayed.

"Last Modified Date' indicator to show when the file/folder was last modified.

"Creation Date' indicator to show when the file/folder was created.

"MP3 Tags' columns corresponding to all the tags detected as specified in the Music Options section.

"Picture Tags' columns corresponding to all the picture information detected as specified in the Picture Options section.

The new name column entries can be edited. Double click with the left mouse button on a new name entry to activate the editor. Enter the new name and then use any of the following to save the entry:

press enter key (also closes the editor)
click the mouse outside the area being edited (also closes the editor)
press TAB, SHIFT-TAB, an up or down arrow, SHIFT-Home, or SHIFT-End key (also keeps the editor open at the next entry)

Press ESC to exit the editor without saving.

When an edited entry is saved, the same validity checks that the scanner performs are done with the new entry.

Right clicking the mouse while the cursor is over any of the rows of the Detailed Information Window will make the following commands available in a popup menu:

Cancel Edit in Selected Row: This command allows you cancel the manual edit for a row.
Delete Selected Rows: This command allows you to delete all selected rows so that they will no longer be included in the renaming list.
Move Selected Rows to the Top: This command allows you to move all selected rows to the top of the list. Multiple rows can be selected by pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button. This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
Move Selected Rows to the Bottom: This command allows you to move all selected rows to the bottom of the list. Multiple rows can be selected by pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button. This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
Move Selected Rows Up: This command allows you to move all selected rows up by one row position. Selected rows can also be moved up by dragging with the mouse. Multiple rows can be selected by pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button. This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
Move Selected Rows Down: This command allows you to move all selected rows down by one row position. Selected rows can also be moved down by dragging with the mouse. Multiple rows can be selected by pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button. This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
Randomize Position of All Rows: This command allows you move all rows to random positions.
Open Old Name in Selected Row: This command allows you to open the 'old' file corresponding to the selected row. The user must already have the application used for opening the file installed on their PC. This feature can be used to verify that the file is really one that you want to rename. If more than one file is selected, only the first one will be opened. The same command can be accomplished by a left double click on a row.
Show Hex Codes of 'Old and New Names' in Selected Row: This command allows you view the hexadecimal codes of each character in the selected 'new' and 'old' names. The codes are displayed enclosed in parentheses after each character. Character-hexcode pairs are separated by spaces. The hex codes can be used in the search patterns of the custom renaming. e.g. setting the search pattern to \x63 (the hex code specifier for the character 'c') and the replace pattern to A will result in the scanner replacing all 'c's with 'A's
Set Column Widths to Default: This command sets all column widths to their default value.

Instead of right-clicking the mouse, the same commands are made available from the menu bar or by pressing SHIFT-F10 after selecting the list.

Columns can be hidden by right clicking a column header and selecting the 'Hide Column' option in the menu that pops up. Columns can also be resized by dragging column boundaries with the mouse.