Filtering

You can search for songs with certain properties by filtering the songs in a list to show just the ones that match your criteria. When you apply a filter, only songs in the current list that match the filter expression are shown in the main window. However, the other songs are still in the list. They are just hidden.

Quick Filtering

You can quickly select songs that share a particular field by double-clicking on that field in the main window. If you double-click on the Artist "Bob Dylan", then only songs by Bob Dylan will be shown.

Defiltering

You can show all the songs in the current list again by hitting the spacebar. Or you can select List/Show All. If you have the filter window open, you can also deselect "Apply the Filter".

Complex Filter Expressions

In order to do more complex filtering, you must open the filter window. Do this by typing Ctrl-f or using List/Filter...

A filter expression is a boolean formula composed of one or more terms, connected with and's or or's and possibly grouped using parentheses.

Terms

Each term is represented by a raised button. Next to the term is a ball. If you left-click on the ball you'll select the term. If you middle-click (control-left-click) you'll toggle whether the term is selected.

To change the properties of a term, click on it.

Combining Terms

	Deletes all of the terms and creates a single empty term.
	Deletes the selected terms or parentheses.
	Adds a term to the expression. If a term is selected, the new term follows the selected one.
	Places a set of parentheses around the selected terms. The terms must be neighboring siblings.