To Filter View Pane Display

If an unwieldy number of items is displayed in the View pane, you can limit what is displayed in the View pane, as follows.

  1. Select Details in the View As submenu of the View menu.

    You need to be in Details view mode to see both the Name and Description, which are used in filtering the view. If the Details item is not active, the current view cannot be filtered.

  2. Select a node in the Navigation pane.

    This is the node you want to filter.

  3. Select Filter in the View menu.

    The Filter dialog is displayed.

  4. Enter a word or words (separated by spaces) in the Look For field; click the And or the Or button and the Match Case button, as appropriate.

    Filter will look for the word or words in the Name or Description for the container. If you click the And button and enter two or more words, a container or tool is displayed only if all of the words are found in the Name and Description for the container or tool. If you select the Or button and enter two or more words, a container or tool is displayed if any of the words are found in the Name or Description for the container or tool.

  5. Optionally, to limit the search, enter a word or words (separated by spaces) in the Omit field; click the And or the Or button and the Match Case button, as appropriate.

    Filter will look for the word or words in the Name or Description for the container or tool. If you click the And button and enter two or more words, a container or tool will not be displayed only if all of the words are found in the Name and Description for the container or tool. If you select the Or button and enter two or more words, a container or tool will not be displayed if any of the words are found in the Name or Description for the container or tool.

  6. Click the Filter button.

    Only containers or tools that match the filter criteria are displayed in the View pane, which now shows a "Filtered View" for the selected container, as noted by those words at the bottom of the pane.

  7. Select Filter from the View menu and click Unfilter in the Filter dialog to unfilter the filtered node.