Working with download list

All files which are being or were downloaded with Internet Download Accelerator are placed in a download list.

Download list
A download list is kind of a table with the following fields:

You may select the columns you want to be displayed (enable or disable them) by clicking on the columns area using the right mouse button.

File name
Download status and the name of a file being downloaded are displayed.

Status can be one of the following:
- downloading;

- queued;
- paused;
- downloaded;
- error.

Status
Here you can see the information on resume support, current download status, and percentage of the file which is already downloaded.
- resume supported;
- resume not supported.

Size
The size of a file being downloaded.

Downloaded
Total size downloaded.

Time left
Approximate time to the finish of download.

Speed
Current download speed.

Download time
Total download time.

Create time
Date and time of file adding.

URL
Download source.

Folder
Destination folder for saving file.

Description
Download description.

An example of a download list:

Sorting the download list
By clicking on a column title you can sort the list in either ascending or descending order. Sorting order is displayed as an arrow in the column title: . To sort the list by addition date choose the "Sort by addition date" item in the "Downloads" menu.

Selecting several records in the download list
To increase the efficiency of work with a download list you can select a number of records at a time. This can be done by clicking on the records while holding Ctrl or Shift. keys pressed.

Selected several records you can perform operations on them as if they were one record. For example, you can start, pause, schedule, restart or delete all selected downloads at a time.

Dragging downloads with mouse and keyboard
Selected one or several downloads in the download list, you can easily drag them anywhere in the list with your mouse. Also you can move downloads along the list by using the Alt+"up arrow" and Alt+"down arrow" hot keys. With this feature you can easily control the order of downloads start.

Context menu
If you click on a record in the download list the context menu will appear which gives you fast access to the most common operations which can be performed on a download. Depending on the context some of the menu items can be disabled.

Search by file name
Using alphanumeric keys you can search for the file by the first symbol of its name. Clicking the key once more will find a next file starting with that symbol.

Status bar
The following information is displayed in the status bar: URL of the selected download, the number of active, queued, and paused downloads, and also overall speed of all downloads.

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