Been trying to get more into using the Browser now that I'm whipping files around my system all the time. I've always kind of avoided the Browser because it was a little weird and confusing to me and I had other ways to get shiz done. Today I've been trying to learn about various ways to handle MIDI files (from my thread yesterday) and the Browser was one way that was recommended. The manual, as always, wasn't being as helpful as it could be so I started Googly Moogling about and stumbled across this article which wasn't DIRECTLY related to my quest but filled out my Browser knowledge quite well.
 
Check it out...
 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar14/articles/sonar-0314.htm
 
Just thought it might be helpful to others. It was for me.
 
Cheers... and thanks, Craig.

Glad you liked it, although based around X3 the info remains accurate. However there have been some additional browser improvements since then which have been very useful, like automatically including a folder for the project audio. 
 
I'm using the browser more and more these days. Being able to create content locations is huge for me - instant access is something I always like :) The biggest remaining limitation is you can't browse items on external optical media. [Edit - actually, you can - see post #10 from Noel].

Anderton
...like automatically including a folder for the project audio. 
 

Could you elaborate? Not sure what this means.
 
One thing that I think would be useful is being able to create new folders within the Browser instead of having to leave Sonar.... however that may be what you are referring to OR it's just too skeevy, codewise, to have Sonar creating folders in this manner. But I guess Sonar does create folders all the time when saving so maybe it is possible.
 
Either way... helpful article. Always learnin' new stuff.
 
Cheers.

There is a way to create a new folder in the browser by copying and pasting. The browser also lacks a rename function for folders but this can be done using the folder properties dialog. The browser needs to be refreshed after renaming this way.

scook
There is a way to create a new folder in the browser by copying and pasting. The browser also lacks a rename function for folders but this can be done using the folder properties dialog. The browser needs to be refreshed after renaming this way.

So I could essentially keep an empty dummy folder somewhere specifically for this task and copy it whenever I want to "create" a folder in the Browser? Clever!
 
Haven't stumbled across the folder properties thing yet (this is accessible inside the Browser?) but I'm poking about so I'll see what I can find.
 
Thanks, scook.

In version 8, the browser tab was at the bottom.
 
In X1 up to X3e, there is a bug whereby if you delete the Preview bus,
some samples work and some dont. It becomes unstable and can even hang Sonar if you preview the sounds too quickly.
 
Workaround is to select a different bus for previewing first, say Master, then delete the Preview bus, then save.

scook
The browser also lacks a rename function for folders but this can be done using the folder properties dialog. The browser needs to be refreshed after renaming this way.

We have had rename from X3 I think. Right click on a file or folder and there is a rename option :)
You can also click F2 to rename, or click twice on the name.

Excellent Anderton stuff is scattered all over the web.  Good article, Craig.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
 
We have had rename from X3 I think. Right click on a file or folder and there is a rename option :)
You can also click F2 to rename, or click twice on the name.

I should be been more clear. I was working in the folder display because there is no way to create new folders other than copy/paste in the folder display. There is a rename in the file display which works with folders.

Anderton
The biggest remaining limitation is you can't browse items on external optical media. 

Not sure what you mean by external optical media. I can browse files from a DVD on my drive. What you may need to do is go to the browser preferences tab and in the views menu turn on "Show all files and folders"