Make "Select All" only select what is filtered in the filtered files search box #6839

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opened 2026-02-21 18:38:34 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 18:38:34 -05:00

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Originally created by @Jolar on GitHub (Feb 4, 2018).

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qBittorrent version and Operating System

4.0.3 windows 10

If on linux, libtorrent and Qt version

(type here)

What is the problem

I just came across a torrent with a few hundred subfolders, each of them containing some large files and a few small .txt files, and it's only the small .txt-files I'm interested in downloading. Currently I can't find any way to easily select only those files for download. qbittorrent displays the whole folder structure in the content list, so it's impossible to get a file list and then sort files according to size or even better file type, so the important files are adjacent in the list and can be selected easily. The file filter allows for only the files I'm interested in to be visible, but it's impossible to actually select only them. Trying to click/shift-click and highlight all rows and then click a file checkbox also gets all subfolders to be checked, and with that all content selected as well. Clicking "Select All" selects everything. Duh.

What is the expected behavior

I don't know about expected, but suggested behavior is that the "Select All"-button only checks the files that are matched by the filter for the content view. Alternatively, to be fully covered (as I see that the view filter works on folders as well as files), there must be two select-buttons - one for selecting all folders that match the filter, and one for selecting all matching files. That would be quite neat, actually. None of this wouldn't help if the files that you need to separate would be only of different sizes and have the same file-type though. (Think video samples in a subfolder for the main video, and the sample is named exactly the same as the main video.)

Steps to reproduce

Get a torrent with several hundreds of subfolders, each containing a large file you don't want to download and a small one that you do want to download. Now try to figure out a way to only select those small ones for download in a fast and simple way.

Extra info(if any)

In my case these files were of a different file-type, but why only limit the filter and selection only to that? There should be a way to easily select files according to size also, even if they are in sub-folders. I guess sometimes it's really good to see the full file/folder structure in the content view, other times it's a hindrance.

Originally created by @Jolar on GitHub (Feb 4, 2018). **Please provide the following information** ### qBittorrent version and Operating System 4.0.3 windows 10 ### If on linux, libtorrent and Qt version (type here) ### What is the problem I just came across a torrent with a few hundred subfolders, each of them containing some large files and a few small .txt files, and it's only the small .txt-files I'm interested in downloading. Currently I can't find any way to easily select only those files for download. qbittorrent displays the whole folder structure in the content list, so it's impossible to get a file list and then sort files according to size or even better file type, so the important files are adjacent in the list and can be selected easily. The file filter allows for only the files I'm interested in to be visible, but it's impossible to actually select only them. Trying to click/shift-click and highlight all rows and then click a file checkbox also gets all subfolders to be checked, and with that all content selected as well. Clicking "Select All" selects everything. Duh. ### What is the expected behavior I don't know about expected, but suggested behavior is that the "Select All"-button only checks the files that are matched by the filter for the content view. Alternatively, to be fully covered (as I see that the view filter works on folders as well as files), there must be two select-buttons - one for selecting all folders that match the filter, and one for selecting all matching files. That would be quite neat, actually. None of this wouldn't help if the files that you need to separate would be only of different sizes and have the same file-type though. (Think video samples in a subfolder for the main video, and the sample is named exactly the same as the main video.) ### Steps to reproduce Get a torrent with several hundreds of subfolders, each containing a large file you don't want to download and a small one that you do want to download. Now try to figure out a way to only select those small ones for download in a fast and simple way. ### Extra info(if any) In my case these files were of a different file-type, but why only limit the filter and selection only to that? There should be a way to easily select files according to size also, even if they are in sub-folders. I guess sometimes it's really good to see the full file/folder structure in the content view, other times it's a hindrance.