5.5.6   Show Inspector

This window lets you view and edit the properties of the selected records. You can type Tab to move between to text fields, or Control-Tab to move out of the notes text view.

File Properties

This shows the file’s name, kind, size, and dates, as well as EagleFiler metadata such as the title, source URL, and from.

If a record doesn’t have a title and you haven’t set one manually, EagleFiler will use the filename (without the extension) as the title, and the title will stay in sync with the filename if you rename it.

Label

This is the Finder label of the file. In EagleFiler, the label is shown as the background color in the records list and also in the Label column. E-mail messages are stored as mailboxes, not as individual files, so all the messages in the mailbox share the mailbox file’s label. You can edit the label names from the Finder’s Preferences window.

Tags

This shows the tags assigned to the record. You may find it more convenient to create and assign tags by typing them in the text field than by using the Show Tags command.

Notes

Notes support rich text, clickable links, embedded graphics, tables, etc. Most of the commands for editing notes are in the Format menu. As a shortcut, you can type Option-Tab to start a bulleted list or Option-Shift-Tab to dedent the current list item. EagleFiler automatically adds the “note” tag to records that have notes, and removes it from ones that don’t.