Flat directory view in Vista Explorer
An exotic application of Vista’s search feature is that you can get a flat directory view in Explorer simply by going to the folder you want and typing in “*” (no quotes) in the search field. Then just add the “Folder Path” field by right clicking on the headers and picking “More…”
Flat directory view in Vista Explorer
I’ve always wanted this feature in Explorer, but it’s one of those things that only some .001% of the users might care for (so obviously, Linux has it). It’s handy for a lot of things like publishing websites, browsing through large codebases, or visually scanning through documents. Dreamweaver, for example, uses a flat tree view in its site manager, and it integrates it with FTP synchronization, that lets you publish any file to its respective location on the server in one click.
Dreamewaver Site Manager
I’d love a stand-alone “site manager” application that could do this, but I can’t find anything that works this well. I’d just have to give it a base local folder, and the FTP information for the remote folder, and it would handle all of the synchronizing for me. It should keep track of what was uploaded and when, because synchronization programs that rely on modification time often get it wrong, and take ages to figure out what to upload.
Comment from Jane
Time March 17, 2009 at 4:39 am
You just saved me hours of ‘piddling’ trying to get my files in just the right folders. How genius! Thank you!