Discussion: Preview

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The preview is based on the original SyncToy, however, it may be confusing to new users and could therefore benefit from changes. Those changes can be discussed here.

To get the conversation started, here are some thoughts for a new and improved Preview

-Proposal: Direction of Action
A new column 'direction' which shows the direction of the action; for example, in echo mode, the direction will allways be pointing to the right, and could have additional symbols to identify the operation; A right arrow with a plus sign for example.

-Proposal: Combine Path and Filename columns
This will avoid confusion and enable better sorting of the left and right sides

-Proposal: Sorting
The ability to sort all columns

-Proposal: Active column
A new column showing the row as active or not. By default, all actions would be active and therefore performed when the job is run. Any item set as not active would be skipped when the job is run

-Proposal: Filtering
Filtering on all columns, later adding advanced filters for ranges, contains, does not contain, etc.

-Proposal: Reason for action
Add a tooltip that shows the reason for a specific action, for example "The modified date is newer on the left"

-Proposal: Alternate line coloring
Ability to show rows clearer using row background colors. Alternatively, select th erow could be enabled as it the original SyncToy does.