Feature: Add option to show files from all subfolders recursively (flat view feature)

[fazioliamboina]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

sometimes i have 100 folders, but only 500 files. in this case i fire up XnViewMP to browse the parent folder recursively. this way i can finnish my work in a fraction of the clicks, and im less likely to forget doing something.

Requirements

add to folder right click context menu "Show all files (including subfolders)"

Files Version

3.0.15.0

Windows Version

10.0.22631.2861

Comments

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[Josh65-2201]

Thanks for the feedback, can you show a screenshot of what this looks like.

[fazioliamboina]

You can download XnViewMP, because it has this feature. it shows the thumbnails from all subfolders into the same viewgrid.

[fazioliamboina]

You can achieve the same functionality by searching for "." in Yair's Files app. it also loads all thumbnails from subfolders into the same view. however it will usually crash.

[Josh65-2201]

Files does support searching folders the same as Windows File Explorer.

[fazioliamboina]

it is not a matter of search. i just meant to say that searching for "." is what the feature would look like. but is not as intuitive as right clicking and choosing "show all files from subfolders". also the files app usually crashes when i do this.

[yaira2]

Thank you for your feedback, you can display items from multiple folders via libraries. This isn't "on demand" the same way you're suggesting, but it might help until if/when we build this feature.

[yaira2]

I think this is a good feature request, but I'd like to hear some more use cases to see how much interest there is.