Display files by type?

Glider (IDE)
#1

Hey Team Glider!

I was checking to see if there’s a way to display the files by type rather than alphabetically.

My files live out in Dropbox if that makes any difference. 

Appreciate the help, and I love your product!!

-Mario

#2

what i did was added a prefix to file names

for images i would add img_ prefix so for background image the file name would be img_backgroung.png

for code file code_ prefix

modules mod_

i know its now ideal but its the best solution a have

#3

Hey that’s not a bad idea. I had prepended my storyboard files with “scr_” already but have a few module codes floating around out there too…

@Team Glider: How bout some filtering options next update? So we can optionally display files by type and sort them too? No idea how work intensive that would be but it would be awesome!

-Mario

#4

Hello Mario,

How about a sort by extension first, then file name second option? Also, one thing you could try is refactoring your image assets to another folder and use Glider’s asset manager to assemble it back together when you build/debug your project. Its very easy to do it:

http://view.xscreenshot.com/11161f9f4572638a3cba601eade369b3

  1. Move your images to an external folder, probably one level up in a folder named images
  2. Open that folder in Glider by dragging and dropping into the editor
  3. Right Click on your project -> Customize -> Edit
  4. Click Add library and select your images folder from the list of opened projects
  5. Click Ok on the dialogs

Now when you debug your project Glider will merge the contents of images into your project folder. This way you can keep things separate and you will have less coupling between your assets and code, which is a great thing. Also note that you can invoke autocomplete inside quotes to give a list of file resources, this even works for assets added by the project manager.

Regards,

M.Y. Developers

#5

what i did was added a prefix to file names

for images i would add img_ prefix so for background image the file name would be img_backgroung.png

for code file code_ prefix

modules mod_

i know its now ideal but its the best solution a have

#6

Hey that’s not a bad idea. I had prepended my storyboard files with “scr_” already but have a few module codes floating around out there too…

@Team Glider: How bout some filtering options next update? So we can optionally display files by type and sort them too? No idea how work intensive that would be but it would be awesome!

-Mario

#7

Hello Mario,

How about a sort by extension first, then file name second option? Also, one thing you could try is refactoring your image assets to another folder and use Glider’s asset manager to assemble it back together when you build/debug your project. Its very easy to do it:

http://view.xscreenshot.com/11161f9f4572638a3cba601eade369b3

  1. Move your images to an external folder, probably one level up in a folder named images
  2. Open that folder in Glider by dragging and dropping into the editor
  3. Right Click on your project -> Customize -> Edit
  4. Click Add library and select your images folder from the list of opened projects
  5. Click Ok on the dialogs

Now when you debug your project Glider will merge the contents of images into your project folder. This way you can keep things separate and you will have less coupling between your assets and code, which is a great thing. Also note that you can invoke autocomplete inside quotes to give a list of file resources, this even works for assets added by the project manager.

Regards,

M.Y. Developers