Interface & Features Overview > Ribbon Interface Pages

The Manager page at Ribbon bar is grouping all buttons that opens main files management features of Sprintbit File Manager and executes basic commands

This page has the following groups of buttons:

Managers | History | File | Tools

Managers

Open
A button and menu that contains buttons that opens all kinds of File Managers windows. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke Open Files Manager command.

Files Manager

Click on this button to open File Manager, a feature for fast and easy managing files using two panes manager

Multi Manager

Click on this button to open Multi Manager, a feature for fast and easy managing files using four panes manager

Single Browser

Opens a Single Browser that lets you browse computer and perform files operations using single pane browser

Windows Explorer

Opens Windows Explorer that lets you browse computer and perform files operations using single pane browser and native Windows system browser

Windows Manager

Open Windows Manager, a feature for fast and easy managing files using two panes manager and native Windows system browser

Files Viewer

Click on this button to open Files Viewer, a feature for viewing selected files content or playing media files.

Files Explorer

Click on this button to open Files Explorer, a feature for exploring your computer and viewing files properties

Displays

This button has a drop down menu with a few buttons designed to control the display of File Managers

Set Source To Destination

This command works with File Managers that have two or more File Browsers

Sets the same path for destination file browser that is in the source file browser.

Set Destination To Source

This command works with File Managers that have two or more File Browsers

Sets the same path for source file browser that is in the destination file browser.

Swap

This command works with File Managers that have two or more File Browsers

Exchange file browsers paths with each other

Open In Another Browser

This command sets the path of active file browser to active file browser in another File Manager.

If there is no additional File Manager opened it will be opened da automatically.

Tile Vertically, Tile Horizontally

These command works only with File Manager that have two File Browsers

You can arrange the view of browser panes vertically or horizontally. To change the view just click one of theses buttons button.

You can also display these commands above as popup menu when you click right mouse button over empty area over file managers window:

History

Favorites

Favorites feature allows to building a list of your favorite files or folders.

Using it you can have a quick access to files. For example you can open a media file for the playback or add your favorite folders to view

Add

When you click the Add button then location of selected folder or file will be saved to a favorites.
You can enter the favorites item's name and description.

Open

When you click the Open button the selected favorites item will be opened. If a selected item is a favorites category then the category will be expanded

New Category

Create new category in list. New category is created as a child category of selected category.

Delete

Deletes selected item or a category along with all category items.

Recent

A menu with a list of recently opened files This menu holds up to 30 entries of opened files paths.

You can reopen any file simply by selecting a file path from a list.

Paths

A menu with a list of recently viewed folders This menu holds up to 30 entries of opened folders paths.

You can reopen any folder simply by selecting a folder path from a list.

File

Copy

A button and menu that contains buttons that perform copy operations on files. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke default Copy command.
For more information on all available file copy commands please see Files Copying Actions topic

Move

A button and menu that contains buttons that perform move operations on files. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke default Move command.
For more information on all available file move commands please see Files Moving Actions topic

Delete

A button and menu that contains buttons that perform move operations on files. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke default Delete command.
For more information on all available file move commands please see Files Deleting Actions topic

Select

A button and menu that contains buttons that selecting files in File Browser's displays. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke default Select All command.
For more information on all available file move commands please see Files Selecting Actions topic

View

A button and menu that contains buttons that opens selected files or view its properties. You can use this button in two ways:
Select an button from its drop down menu or click on a big button's icon. When you click on the button's icon this will invoke default Open File command.

The following commands are available from this button menu:

Open File

This command uses the built-in Files Viewer or other software features to display selected file contents.
The built-in Files Viewer is designed to let you view various types of files including images, text, audio, video and other formats as supported by Sprintbit File Manager
If software cannot show the file then the file will be either executed or opened in Windows System.

Open File In OS
The selected file in File Browser file will be DIRECTLY either executed or opened in Windows System.

Properties

Displays a small standard properties window for selected file, folder or disk. If no file is selected in current File Browser then properties window of File browser main folder will be shown.

Edit

A button that has a drop down menu with buttons that opens a variety of files editing features.
The following commands are available from this button menu:

Attributes

Opens a File Attributes editor window.

This feature lets you to sets attribute information or date for a files or folders. Changes the creation, modification or last access time/date for a file or files and folders.

Set Attribute
This menu has a few buttons that lets you set quickly selected attribute to a selected file or folder in File Browser.
To set an attribute to file just select a file and then choose from menu which attribute you want to set.

For more information about file attributes please see then File Attributes Information topic

Encrypt File, Decrypt File
This command encrypts selected files.

Preferred Algorithm & Key Size that is set in Cryptography options is used for encryption.
If you want to use different algorithm use Cryptography feature

Decrypt File
This command decrypts selected files.

If you want to use different algorithm use Cryptography feature

Create New File
This command creates a new empty file in current File Browser folder. Before files is created a dialog window will appear where you will be asked to set the file name and the file extension.
The file that is being created has a file type set after file extension you specified in file name dialog window.
After the file icon appears, double-click it to open the file and begin working.

Create New Folder

Creates new folder in the current file browser directory. This command is also available in any File Browser toolbar

Create Shortcut

Creates a shortcut file for selected file or folder in the current file browser directory. This command is also available in any File Browser toolbar

Split File

Click on this button to open Split File, a feature for splitting a file into a few smaller parts

Join Files

Click on this button to open Join Files, a feature for joining a few files into one file.

Copy Filenames

A menu with two buttons;

Full Paths

This command copy the full paths of all selected files to the clipboard as text. It does not copy the files themselves.

Names Only
This command copy the names of all selected files to the clipboard as text. It does not copy the files themselves.

Tools

Find

A button that has a drop down menu with buttons that opens a variety of files searching features.
The following commands are available from this button menu:

Quick Search

Click on this button to open Quick Search, a feature for fast and easy search files

Files Searcher

Click on this button to open Files Searcher, an advanced files searcher

Find Selected

Click on this button to find and select in destination file browser the same file as is selected is source file browser

Search Replace

Click on this button to replace all files in destination folder with taht selected is source file browser

More information how it works is in Search & Replace topic

Tools

A button that has a drop down menu with buttons that opens a variety of tools.
The following commands are available in this button menu:

Wildcard

Click on this button to open Wildcards tools, a feature that lets you perform a variety files operations on specific files

Compare Selected Files

Click on this button to open a Compare Files where you can compare two selected files

Calculate Folders Sizes

This command will calculate selected folders total size. To see the folder size just select one or more folders in any opened File Browser and click on this button. After folders sizes are calculated the siz will be shown in the File Browser's Size column

Email File

Click on this button to open your default email program in your computer with selected file as an attachment

A button that has a drop down menu with buttons that prints files or list of files
The following commands are available from this button menu:

Print File

Click on this button to print selected file. Please note that not all files can be printed with Sprintbit File Manager

basically you can print all text and image files.

Folder Contents

Click on this button to print list of files of current main folder of File Browser

List Of Files

Click on this button to print list of all files of selected folders in File Browser