FastStone Toolbar

by Joe Holler
(Updated 5/12/2009)

Click on any Toolbar Button below to jump to its description.

To add, delete or change the order of favorite click the "Favorites" button the click "Organize Favorites"

• To add a favorite that is not the current folder click "Add" then navigate to the folder and click "OK".
  
• To Delete a favorite, click on the favorite and click "Remove"
  
• To Delete all favorites, click "Clear"
  
• To change the order of a favorite, click on the favorite and click on the up and down arrows

    New Folder

To add a new folder inside the current folder Click the "New Folder" button, type a name for the folder and click "OK".

    Copy To Folder

In addition to the Windows-like methods for copying and moving files and folders (drag and drop, or copy and paste), FastStone has a very useful Copy To Folder function:

1. Select the files and/or folders to be copied
2. Click the "Copy to Folder" button or press the letter "C"

To select the folder into which the files and folders are to be copied (the chosen folder will become the first folder in he history list):

• Click the "History" tab and click on one of he folders in the history list
• Click the "Favorites" tab and click one of the folders in the favorites list
• Click the "Browse" button and navigate to the folder

Once the folder is selected, click the "Copy" button or press the letter "C" again.

Because FastStone remembers the last folder you copied to, you can copy additional files and folders to the same folder by just pressing the letter "C" twice.

    Move To Folder

The "Move To Folder" works very much like the "Copy To Folder Tool" except that the hot key is "M" and the selected files and folders are deleted from the current folder (see above).

Warning: Be careful when moving RAW files using FastStone, because .XMP files created by Photoshop or Bridge are not displayed they will be left behind.

    Delete

The delete tool works as it does in all programs.

Select the files and folders to be deleted and click the "Delete" button.

Warning: Be careful when deleting folders using FastStone, because FastStone currently only displays images and videos, what seems to be an empty folder might not be.

    Thumbnail View

To get the thumbnail view click the "Thumbnail View" button

    Report View

To get the report view click the "Report View" button

    Small Icon View

To get the Small Icon view click the "Small Icon View" button

    Show Tagged Files Only

Tagging is a method of selecting images.

Until you allow image tagging, this button is missing from the Toolbar. To allow image tagging click "Tag" in the Menu Bar and check "Allow Image Tagging":

There are several ways to tag (and untag) an image:

• In the thumbnails view, click the square in the lower left corner of the thumbnail
• Or in any view (thumbnails, windowed, or full screen) press the backslash key "\"

To show only tagged images click the "Show Tagged Images Only" button:

Note the red arrows above, they point to where FastStone always shows you the number of files being displayed in the folder, the number currently selected, and the number tagged. As you see, the number of files reported and their total size is only that of the tagged files if "Show Tagged Files Only" has been selected.

Also note the the Tag Menu has two other choices:

1. "Select Tagged Files Only" ... useful if, for example, you want to copy those files elsewhere.
2. "Select Untagged Files Only" ... which you might use if you wanted to delete those files, or copy them to an "OutTakes" folder.
3. "Untag All" ... to remove all the tags in the folder when you are through with them.

Tip:  It's easy to get confused if you delete all the tagged files in a folder, or move them to another folder. The folder will seem to be empty; just turn off "Show Tagged Files Only". To avoid even more confusion, FastStone turns it off automatically when you switch folders.

    Filter Drop Down Menu

Currently FastStone works only with images and videos. No other type of files will be displayed.

The Filter Drop Down Menu allows you to select whether you see images, videos or both.

    Thumbnail Sort Order Drop Down Menu

Files can be sorted by filename, size, date, dimension, or type, or in (reverse) order of any of the above.

The Thumbnail Order Drop Down Menu allows you to select which way the files will be sorted.

The ones I use most are: "Filename" (sort alphabetically), "(Date)" (display then newest files first), and "Type" (group by type, eg., JPG, RAW, PSD, etc.).

Address Bar

The Address Bar shows the location of the folder where you are currently viewing images. A convenient way to jump to a folder where you have visited recently is to click on the drop drown arrow to its right. The history list appears; click on the folder you want to change to.

To clear the history click .

Suggested next choices:

• On to the FastStone Control Bar
• Back to the FastStone Tips Contents
• Back to the Organizing Your Images Contents

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