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Bioeden edited this page May 13, 2014 · 8 revisions

MTT Filterbar (French)

Filterbar

Filterbar quickly filter table view based on nodes names or filenames. Filter string is not case sensitive.

  1. Reset filter
  2. Filter field
  3. Filter with Wildcards or Regular Expression if button is pressed
  4. Filter by Nodes names or Files names

####Wildcards vs Regular Expression

The easiest way to use filter is to search for a string in a name.
For example, I want all textures containing '_DIF', I'll type :
_DIF

But you can go further with wildcards, to use it, you have to learn 3 things :

?      Matches any single character.
*      Matches zero or more of any characters.
[...]  Matches a sets of characters.

For example, I want all textures containing 'HEAD' and '_DIF' :
HEAD*_DIF or head*_dif (case insensitive)

or 'HEAD' with a character and '_DIF' :
HEAD?_DIF

or more specific 'HEAD' with a digit and '_DIF' :
HEAD[0-9]_DIF

You can go furthermore with regular expression. It's a bit tricky but you can use basic symbol to achieve what you want.

.      Matches any single character.
*      Matches zero or more of the previous character or set.
+      Matches one or more occurrences of the previous character or set.
[...]  Matches a sets of characters.
^      The caret signifies the beginning of the string.
$      The dollar signifies the end of the string.

For example, you want texture endings with '_DIF' :
_DIF$

or a more complex, a texture starting with 'HEAD', endings with '_DIF', and a couple of number between :
^HEAD[0-9]+_DIF$

  • Example using wildcars.
    tex*_[0-9] means :
    matching all nodes containing 'tex' string + unknown characters + '_' + a single digit

  • Example using regular expression.
    tex[a-zA-Z]*_[0-9]+$ means :
    matching all nodes ending with 'tex' + alphabetical characters lower or upper case + '_' + at least one digit so 'TEXTURE_2048x512' is excluded because 'x' is not in [0-9]

####Quick Filters Menu

If you right click in the filter field, a quick filters menu appears. The purpose of this menu is to avoid you always typing the same words. To customize entries, you must launch the 'Manage Quick Filters' dialog from the option menu.

In the dialog, nothing fancy, you can add/remove/reorder filters in wildcards menu or regular expression menu.

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