Folderview mimetype support (revisited)

[Rafael Fernández López]

Hi,

> Show only PDF files, that do not contain "university" in the filename ->
> isType:PDF !university
> A tooltip is needed to provide the user with a short introduction to the
> syntax (see Amarok's OSD creator). Furthermore this filter needs to be
> available throughout the desktop experience, i.e. dolphin should honor
> the syntax too.
>
> I think this would be a visually minimal interface that scales well with
> various experience levels of users.

I always try to avoid that kind of 'magical syntax' for a certain use case. 
So, probably we can forget about mixing excluding/including matches, and 
assuming we always want including matches.

However, I had another idea for the GUI, don't know if you think it would be 
good:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Pattern Filter* + File Type Filter +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ [ No Pattern Filter ] v (combo box)                                      +
+ widget for the pattern filter shown depending on option being chosen     +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

where * means that is the being shown tab at the moment. The options on this 
tab would be:

"No pattern filter"
"Only show files matching"
"Only show files not matching"

Almost the same with the "File Type Filter" tab.

What do you think ?


Regards,
Rafael Fernández López.
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