Advanced Open Files Dialog: Open File List
The Open File List Menu
This page describes the File List panel of the Advanced Open File dialog. The File List panel can be used to save one or multiple files at one time, as well as to specify settings for those file(s). Note that the title of this dialog varies depending on the kind of information being saved. The File/Directory Preference controls the version of the file saving dialog (Basic or Advanced) that appears by default.
The
button opens up a file viewer, whose form is specified in the panel, to choose files to add to the file list. Clicking the button will open the most recently used directory. By clicking on the down arrow to the right of the button, a menu opens allowing the user to select which directory to open.The
button creates a drop-down menu that allows the user to choose from files that were previously opened.The
button will display a drop-down menu of prevoiusly opened groups of files (files opened in the same open operation).The
button contains the following menu items:The
Within the file list, items can be selected by clicking on them; their line will then be highlighted with a blue background. They can also be checked or unchecked, indicated by the checkbox at the beginning of each line of the list, which controls whether the file is marked for opening.
The
button displays a drop-down menu that specifies how GaussView will open the files in the file list. By default, auto is selected. GaussView will automatically choose the file type if this is left unchanged.The
button displays a drop-down menu which gives the following options:The
checkbox is used to retain the list of files used.The bottom bar of this menu displays several options available to the user. The
button is inactive unless a file is marked for opening via the checkbox to its left.The
button will open the items in the file list.The Open Files window.
button will close theThe
button will restore all options to the GaussView defaults.The
option is enabled by clicking the checkbox. Enabling this makes GaussView retain the settings the user has inputted after closing the window. The next use of the dialog will use these settings.