Configure your workspace#

Select which files and directories you want to work on to download them to your workspace.

A workspace is your working directory that contains the project files you create, modify, and delete. You can configure your workspace:

1. In the Explore workspace tab, select Configure.
2. Select any files or directories that you want to download to work on. You can also deselect any files you don’t want to download to your workspace. To search for specific files, select Search files and enter the file name or a pattern (such as *.jpg, *.psd) in the search text box.

   Note: Use Ctrl+A/Cmd+A to select all the nodes in the tree, and then use the space bar to toggle the load/unload status.

3. Select Apply to load the select files into your workspace.

You can select Configure at any point to load or unload files in your workspace. If you unload a folder that contains private or ignored items, Gluon can't delete them as you can’t remove items outside Gluon's control.

Configure maximum preview file size#

You can configure the maximum file size to generate at the preview of a file when that file isn't loaded in the workspace. To do so, add the following key to your client.conf file:

<MaxPreviewFileSize>1048576</MaxPreviewFileSize>

The default value is 1 MiB (1,048,576 bytes). This means that, if the selected, non-loaded file size is more than 1 MiB, Gluon doesn't download it to generate a preview. Gluon still displays the icon, size, and attributes.

Exclude private items from directory size#

Both the Explore workspace and Configure windows display your directory size. You can choose whether Gluon includes any private items when it calculates the directory size.

To exclude private files, right-click in the Explore workspace tab and select Options > Exclude privates from directory size.