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Files

Files row

The Files row is the root of the attachment tree. The label always shows the file count and the total uncompressed size, for example Files (3, 12.4 MB). The same tree is shown in the Files panel.

Right-click the row to open the menu. On a touch screen, press and hold the row. Click the name to expand or collapse the tree. Drag a file or a folder onto this row to move it to the root.

Context menu

  • Add files… – Opens a file picker. Selected files are added at the root. If a file with the same name already exists, you are asked whether to replace it.

  • Add folder… – Imports a folder from disk. Nested folders are kept.

  • Paste image… – Adds an image from the clipboard as a new file at the root.

  • New image… – Creates a blank image at the root and opens it in the image editor.

  • Screen capture… – Captures the screen and stores the image as a new file at the root.

  • New folder – Creates a folder at the root and starts an inline rename.

  • Download as ZIP – Downloads every file, including files in folders, as one ZIP. Folder paths are kept. The archive is named attachments.zip.

  • Open all viewable… – Opens every file the browser can display (images, PDF, text, audio, video) in this tree. When more than one window opens, you can tile them.

  • Edit all images… – Opens every image in this tree in the image editor. When more than one window opens, you can tile them.

  • Open as: Separate windows – Each preview opens in its own window. A check mark shows the active choice. The choice is saved in the browser.

  • Open as: Single window – Opening another file reuses the current preview window. A check mark shows the active choice.

  • Show file size – Shows each file's size next to its name, and each folder's file count and total size, including nested folders. Off by default. The Files root label always shows the total, whether this is on or off. The choice is saved in the browser.

  • Delete all files – Deletes every file after a confirmation. Shown only when the project has at least one file. Folders are kept.

File folder

A file folder groups attachments and other folders. When Show file size is on, the label also shows how many files the folder contains and their total size, including nested folders.

Right-click the row to open the menu. On a touch screen, press and hold the row. Drag the folder onto another folder, or onto Files, to move it. Drop on the top or bottom edge of a sibling folder to reorder folders. A folder cannot be dropped into itself or into one of its subfolders.

Context menu

  • Add files… – Adds files from disk into this folder.

  • Add folder… – Imports a folder from disk into this folder. Nested folders are kept.

  • Paste image… – Adds an image from the clipboard into this folder.

  • New image… – Creates a blank image in this folder and opens it in the image editor.

  • Screen capture… – Captures the screen and stores the image in this folder.

  • New folder – Creates a subfolder inside this folder and starts an inline rename.

  • Download as ZIP – Downloads the files in this folder, including nested folders, as one ZIP. The archive uses the folder name.

  • Open all viewable… – Opens every viewable file in this folder and its subfolders. When more than one window opens, you can tile them.

  • Edit all images… – Opens every image in this folder and its subfolders in the image editor. When more than one window opens, you can tile them.

  • Rename – Edits the folder name in place. Enter confirms. Escape cancels.

  • Delete folder – Deletes this folder. If it contains files or subfolders, the confirmation lists how many will be deleted with it.

File

A file row is one attachment stored in the project. A 💬 prefix means the file has a comment. The size is shown next to the name when Show file size is on. Files the browser cannot preview are dimmed. Their tooltip says to download them from this menu.

Click a viewable file (image, PDF, text, audio, video) to open a preview. Ctrl or Cmd click adds or removes the file from a multi-selection. Shift click selects a range of files in the same folder. With a file selected, Up and Down move to the previous or next visible file and open it when it can be previewed. Drag the row onto a folder, or onto Files, to move it. Drop on the top or bottom edge of a sibling file to reorder files.

Right-click the row to open the menu. On a touch screen, press and hold the row. Some entries appear only for certain file types. When several files are selected and this row is one of them, Open, Edit, Convert to PDF, Download, and Delete act on that selection and show a count.

Context menu

  • Open – Opens a preview. Shown for a viewable file, or as Open (N) when the selection contains viewable files. Other file types have no preview. Use Download for those.

  • Edit – Opens the image editor. Shown for an image, or as Edit (N) when the selection contains images.

  • Convert to PDF… – Builds a PDF from the image, or from the selected images as Convert to PDF… (N).

  • Edit PDF… – Shown when the clicked file is a PDF. Renders chosen pages into the image editor, then writes the result back into a PDF. Edited pages become images. Other pages stay as they were.

  • Manage PDF pages… – Shown when the clicked file is a PDF. Reorders, deletes, and inserts pages, then saves over the original or as a new PDF file.

  • Convert to images… – Shown when the clicked file is a PDF. Renders each page to a separate PNG or JPG file.

  • Download – Saves the file to disk. With several files selected, the label is Download (N) and the files are packed into one ZIP.

  • Rename – Edits the file name in place. The extension stays as it is. Enter confirms. Escape cancels.

  • Delete – Removes the file after a confirmation. With several files selected, the label is Delete (N) and every selected file is removed.