This article covers File Cards for Windows 10. As a universal app it works the same on the PC and on the phone. This article is still work in progress, and more items will be added in the future.
File Cards use the card to present to show the list of the file system items. When the available screen is wide enough they are laid out horizontally, so all opened cards in a window are available through scrolling. If available screens is narrow (like on the phones in the portrait mode), only one card is visible, and you can shift to other card by swiping left and right.
There are three types of cards:
There are two ways to add a card:
You can rearrange the order of the cards by using drag and drop. In the zoomed out view you may select multiple items at once and drag them together to the new position.
By default item is opened by clicking on the icon on PC or on the tile on the phone. Those actions can be customized in the Settings.
By default item is selected/deselected by clicking on the tile on PC or on the icon on the phone. Those actions can be customized in the Settings. You can also perform this action by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere on the item, or by pressing the Space key while the item is focused.
The archive is extracted by simply opening its item. The archive might be extracted to a temporary folder or to the same folder where the archive is, and this can be changed in the Settings. If the archive is extracted to the temporary folder, it is deleted upon its card is closed. There is also an option in the Settings to delete the archive file after it is extracted.
To rename multiple items at once, just select them and click on the rename button. Edit the name of the file and all selected files will be updated to reflect the changes.
There are three levels of support for archives:
To add a reminder to the item, select the item, click on ‘more’ (three dots at the bottom right of the screen) and choose ‘Reminder’.
In the dialog that opens you can set up the reminder by changing:
Reminders are shown as a standard system notification in the Action bar. The app doesn’t have to be opened for the notification to be shown, and even if the device is turned off at the exact time of the notification, it should be shown the next time the device is turned on. Click on the notification will open the file/folder and dismiss it.
If there are any set reminders the alarm icon will appear in the header of the app with the indication of the number of the set reminders and the number of due reminders. Click on the reminder icon opens up the reminder panel with a list of set reminders where they can be dismissed or its files opened.
Ink shortcuts mean that you use a pen to write a letter or number from a keyboard shortcut over the item in order to perform the command related to that keyboard shortcut. You can use ink shortcuts over files and folders, or over the cards.
Additionally, you can delete items by using clicking on them with the eraser button of the pen. And you can select multiple items by drawing line over them.
Here is the list of the ink shortcuts you can use on files and folders:
Here is the list of the ink shortcuts you can use on cards: