File selection

The file selection area of the restore screen shows all existing backups. As a name for every backup, SIEGFRIED BACKUP shows the title. The file selection of every backup contains all names ot the drives, directories, files and symlinks that are saved.
To provide a better overview, SIEGFRIED BACKUP collects repeated backups or backups that contain full and partial backups into a single item. This item is named by the title that was set in the start window of the backup.
A file selection is like a table. It is divide into rows and columns. The head of every column contains its respective title. The width of a column can be changed in either direction. To change the width of a column simply click on the right separation line of the column title and move the mouse until the desired width is reached.
Not available in the demo version!
The columns can be arranged in any order. To rearrange a column, click on the column and simply move it horizontally to the desired position. A click on the column title selects the sort sequence. The initial click on a column title selects that column as the prefered column in the preference criterium. The column title is underlined to show which column is prefered. Following clicks on the prefered sort column alter the sort sequence (ascent/descent).

The appearance of the directory tree is defined with the following line attributes:

Kind | Text color | Arrow button
Backup title | Red | Yes
Full Backup | Red | Yes
Partial Backup | Red | Yes
Drives | Blue | Yes
Folder | Blue | Yes
File | Black | No
Symlink | Black | No

After the startup of SIEGFRIED BACKUP the file selection shows all existing backups.
The contents of the folders in lower directory levels can viewed (arrow down) by using the arrow buttons on the left side of the file selection area. A second click closes a lower level (arrow right). Lower levels are indented to the right creating the appearance of a tree for the file selection area. On the highest level are the roots (backups, drives) and the deepest levels are the leafs (files, symlinks).
To select a drive, folder or file to restore, simply highlight the line concerned with a click of the left mouse button. To remove a selection only a second click is neccessary. The selection has different effects depending on the kind of a line (backup, drive, directory, file, symlink):

| by backups, drives and directories all lower levels are included
| by symlinks and files only the correspondending line is selected

A marked line on a lower level as the root (highest level)includes all directories (up to the root) in this path in the selection.
Example: the folder 'config' of the 'home' directory of the boot drive is selected. The result of this selection is that all lower levels of the 'config' folder are selected. Also, the lines 'home' and 'boot' (root, highest level) are marked as well. The selection of 'home' and 'boot' doesn't mean that all entries of these directories are selected too, but simply a hint that these directories are saved (but only the directories and not there complete contents).
These additional selections are used for better representation of the selections. If an entry of a lower level is selected and the tree on a higher level is collapsed, it's always possible to see that one or more selections are done. Collapsing and expanding the different levels doesn't alter the selections.