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<info>
  <title type="sort">2</title>
  <link type="guide" xref="index#vc-mode"/>
  <revision docversion="1.6" status="draft"/>
  <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  <credit type="author copyright">
    <name>Kai Willadsen</name>
    <email>kai.willadsen@gmail.com</email>
    <years>2012</years>
  </credit>
</info>
<title>Flattened view</title>

<p>
When viewing large folders, you may be interested in only a few files
among the thousands in the folder itself. For this reason,
<app>Meld</app> includes a <em>flattened view</em> of a folder; only
files that have not been filtered out (e.g., by
<link xref="vc-mode#vc-state-filtering"/>) are shown, and the folder
hierarchy is stripped away, with file paths shown in the
<em>Location</em> column.
</p>

<p>
You can turn this flattened view on or off by unchecking the
<guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui><gui style="menuitem">Flatten</gui></guiseq>
menu item, or by clicking the corresponding <gui style="button">Flatten</gui>
button on the toolbar.
</p>
</page>
