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RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
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Is there an easier way to move items in the Content Library Pane OTHER THAN drag and drop ONE AT AT TIME?

My finger is getting numb. :(

I have to get all the items from one Prop folder to another.

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  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750
    edited June 2017

    In 4.7 I can drag all the content of a folder at once (then go back and delete all).

    Copy (or cut) all selected and paste can be easier, copy being easier to fix mistakes from but more work if you don't make any.

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  • Singular BluesSingular Blues Posts: 737

    There's an easier way.

    Okay, I lied. The Content Library pane is an internal representation of the folder structure on your disk. While most files that are visible in the Library have built in metadata about their location, they can simply be copied from one folder to another using your computer's file manages, and they work just fine. 

    This does not apply to poser files. Moving them can have adverse effects. But for Daz .duf files in the Daz Studio formats section, you can usually move them around safely. Right click on any folder in the Library and select Browse to folder location to open that folder in your computer's file manager.

    I make no representions as to what happens to the content database if you do this. I don't use the thing. Also, Studio doesn't like having multiple copies of the same file. It makes the databse have fits. Also also, if You can't see the folder in your Content Library, you can't move its contents or things will break.

  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039

    I cannot seem to select specific folders to mover or copy in the Content Library pane to move all at once. :\

  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750

    Windows or Mac?

  • lancelmartin_cf51987037lancelmartin_cf51987037 Posts: 133

    This has bugged me for years.  Say I want to move ALL clothes for a Genesis 3 Female to a custom category.  You can't.  Is this any more complicated than changing the SQL execution to ' where in ()' instead of ' = '  ?

  • Ongoing MomentOngoing Moment Posts: 78
    Not sure if this is what you are looking for. In the content folder, right click on the folder you want to move. Choose open file/folder location. Cut, right click on folder you want to move files to, paste into folder. Right click on parent folder you just made changes to and refresh.
  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    Pack58 said:

    Windows or Mac?

    Windows

  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    lancelmartin_cf51987037 said:

    This has bugged me for years.  Say I want to move ALL clothes for a Genesis 3 Female to a custom category.  You can't.  Is this any more complicated than changing the SQL execution to ' where in ()' instead of ' = '  ?

    I would just copy and rename the category but the problem is I want to COMBINE two and there is no other way to do it other than one at a time that i have found and I have TONS of virtual props.

  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    Ongoing Moment said:
    Not sure if this is what you are looking for. In the content folder, right click on the folder you want to move. Choose open file/folder location. Cut, right click on folder you want to move files to, paste into folder. Right click on parent folder you just made changes to and refresh.

    That I have been doing since that was available. I need to combine two differnt categories.

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,081

    You can certainly combine and/or move folders in Windows File Explorer. Studio will see them the next time it opens. Gives you categories without having to worry about Studio losing or changing them.

  • cridgitcridgit Posts: 1,765
    edited May 2022

    Redacted

    Post edited by cridgit on
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