Files View

The Files View is the attachment browser for a Space — every file and folder attached to your work, in one place. Unlike the other Project & Task views, Files shows an attachment tree rather than a list of tasks.

Interface Layout#

• Project rail (left): every Project in the Space. Pick one to browse its files. The rail is resizable, and can be sorted, grouped (by status, type, assignee or a custom field) or filtered down to projects that actually have files.
• Breadcrumb (top): Project / Task / Folder / Sub-folder. Every crumb is clickable, and every crumb is also a drop target — drag a file onto an ancestor to move it up the tree.
• Browser (centre): folders and files, as a list or a grid. Images, video and audio show a real thumbnail, poster frame or waveform where one has been generated.
• Info panel (right): details for whatever is selected. With nothing selected it summarises the project.

Rows You Will See#

At a project's top level the browser shows more than folders and files:

• Folders — open on click; the breadcrumb is the way back.
• Files — including Dropbox and Google Drive links, marked with an external-link glyph.
• Tasks — any Task of this project that has files of its own. A task is not a folder: it carries status, assignee, comments and activity, so it gets its own row and its own file tree inside.
• Versions — a system folder listing the project's review Versions, with clips nested under the version they were cut from. Opening one goes to the review player.
• Docs — a system folder listing the project's Docs. Only shown where there is a place to open a doc.

Adding Files#

• Drag from your desktop onto the view to upload into the folder you are looking at, or onto a specific folder row to upload straight into it.
• Upload in the toolbar for the same thing via a file picker.
• New folder (⇧N) from the Upload split-button menu, the right-click menu, or the keyboard. Folders nest up to ten levels deep; past that the action is greyed out and says so.
• Link or Import a Dropbox or Google Drive file from the Upload split-button menu. A link opens the file in Dropbox or Drive; an import copies it into Cuevue. Either lands in the folder you are looking at. Connect the service first in Settings → Integrations.
• Request files… creates a guest upload link so someone without an account can send files or record takes straight into the project.

Organising#

Moving files#

• Drag a file — or a whole selection — onto a folder row, a breadcrumb crumb, or a task row. Dropping onto a task moves the file to that task's top level, because folders belong to one work item.
• Move in the bulk bar, or Move to task… in a row's menu, for the same moves without the drag.

Moving folders#

• Drag a folder row onto another folder or onto a breadcrumb crumb.
• Move to… in the folder's kebab or right-click menu opens a destination picker showing the whole tree. Destinations you cannot use are listed but greyed out with the reason — a folder cannot move inside itself, past the ten-level depth cap, or next to a folder of the same name.
• A folder always stays with the task or project it was created under. To move work between items, move the files.

Copy and paste#

⌘C copies the selection (files and folders) and ⌘V pastes it into the folder you are looking at, or use Paste into folder on a folder's right-click menu. Pasting copies the bytes; the originals stay where they are.

Renaming and deleting#

F2 renames the focused row. Delete removes the focused row or the whole selection.

Finding Things#

Search and filters#

The toolbar search flattens folders and searches the project you are standing in. Toggle All projects inside the search field to widen the same query to every project in the Space — results then show which project each file came from. The Filter button uses the same filter engine as every other view, with facets for file type, uploader, date and source (uploaded file, Dropbox link, Google Drive link).

Sorting and layout#

Sort by date, name, size or type, and switch between list and grid. The list/grid choice is yours alone; the search scope, filters and sort are saved on the tab and shared with everyone who opens it.

Deep links#

A ?file= link opens Files, selects the owning project, drills into the containing folder or task, clears any search or filters in the way, and flashes a highlight ring on the row. Two things produce one today: a file result in ⌘K (in a Space that has a Files tab), and the notification you get when someone sends files through a file request — that one opens Files standing on the destination.

Downloading and Sharing#

• Download a file, or a whole folder as a ZIP that preserves its structure.
• Select several files and download them as one ZIP. A selection spanning several projects is prefixed with each item's name so the archive stays legible.
• Share… on a file or folder mints a link anyone can open, with optional password and expiry. Shared folders are browsable and shared files can be previewed.
• Downloads can be turned off for a role. When they are, the download buttons are not shown rather than failing on click.

The Info Panel#

Selecting a row opens the info panel on the right. For a file it shows the preview thumbnail, type, size, uploader, location in the tree (click to jump there), the file's own activity history, and Share / Download / Delete. For a folder it shows its contents and the same actions. With nothing selected it summarises the project: file count, total size, versions and clips.

Keyboard Shortcuts#