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[Config Dialog: User-Defined Folders](ConfigDialog:User-Defined_Folders)

User-Defined Folders for Managing your Image Library

The majority of this functionality is only available in the Image & Thumbnail Browser
A small subset (save, move, keep) is available from the Main Media Window

Image & Thumbnail Browser

  • in the Image & Thumbnail Browser all of the Function Keys are reserved for you to assign folders to
  • up to 15 user folders can be set for copying and moving your files with one keystroke
  • this allows you to go through your image collection and organize the images into folders based on category or subject matter, or whatever designations you require
  • Each folder can be specified as either the fully-qualified path to a folder, e.g. C:\Pictures...
  • ... or it can be the name of a subfolder within the Base Folder, e.g. "Funny Memes"
  • the Base Folder is always a fully-qualified path to a folder, e.g. "B:\Image Library"
  • you can mix-and-match these settings according to your requirements
  • MMP will create the required folder for you the first time you use its corresponding key
  • you can copy or move a file to any folder, anywhere on your computer.

The 15 User-Defined Folders

In the copy of the MinimalistMediaPlayer.conf file that ships with MMP you can see the blank entries for the Base Folder and the 15 User-Defined Folders that are the subject of the Move, Save, Copy operations:

baseFolder=
copied=
saved=
moved=
folder1=
folder2=
folder3=
folder4=
folder5=
folder6=
folder7=
folder8=
folder9=
folder10=
folder11=
folder12=

  • you only need to define the Base Folder if you set any of the other folders as the name of a sub-folder
  • if all the folders you use are fully-qualified paths then you don't need the Base Folder at all
  • if you do set the Base Folder then, strictly speaking, you're not required to set any of the others
  • in that case, when you Move, Save or Copy a file, MMP will automatically create subfolders called 'moved', 'saved', 'copied', 'folder1', 'folder2', etc., within the Base Folder

Main Media Window

Control Action
[K] Mark the current file as "[K]ept" - the file will be renamed with a leading "! "
This will bring the file to the top of the folder in your File Explorer software
Ctrl-[K] Delete all except the "[K]ept" files in the current folder - requires user-confirmation
Ctrl-[M] [M]ove the file to the moved= user folder
Shift-[M] same - alias for Ctrl-[M]
Shift-[S] [S]ave/move the file to the saved= user folder
  There is no undo function in the Main Media Window

In the Main Media Window, Move and Save do exactly the same thing (move a file) but their destinations are different
This gives you a cut-down way (in comparison to the full-blown functionality in the Image & Thumbnail Browser) to put audio and video files into two different categories

Image & Thumbnail Browser

Control Action
[K] Mark the current file as "[K]ept" - the file will be renamed with a leading "! "
This will bring the file to the top of the folder in your File Explorer software, separated from the other files
Ctrl-[K] Delete all except the "[K]ept" files in the current folder - requires user-confirmation
[C] copy the current image to the copied= folder
[S] save/move the current image to the saved= folder
[F1] to [F12] move the current image to the corresponding folder1=, folder2= folder
Ctrl-[U] [U]ndo any "Move" operation and move the image back to the folder you're working on
MMP maintains an unlimited undo list
Ctrl-[Z] same - alias for Ctrl-[U]

In the Image & Thumbnail Browser, Copy and Save operate differently, as you would expect, and their destinations are different

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