# Feature Request: Bulk-reload files in pipeline
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948 "2020-12-01T17:25:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/1 "2020-12-01T17:25:52Z")
Dear Santa,
it would be absolutely fabulous to be able to press F5 and have multiple input objects reload at once; e.g. all the objects below of what is currently selected in the pipeline or those that are currently selected.
Right now I need to go through all input objects one by one.
This feature is not going to be a game-changer, but it would enhance the user experience, for example when debugging a code through visual inspection of the results it produces.
Best,
Bastian
**Update:**
~~As @wascott pointed out, when selecting multiple input objects, these can indeed be reloaded at once by pressing F5.
What I really want is to have F5 reload all the input objects in the current selection even if that includes non-reloadable non-input objects.~~
**Update 2:**
The above update was wrong, I just tested it again. When selecting multiple items, only the last selected item is reloaded.
So, with multiple input objects one is obliged to reload them one by one.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/2 "2020-12-01T18:04:04Z")
@utkarsh.ayachit @cory.quammen I just looked, and “Reload Files” is plural. Shouldn’t this request actually work for all items in the pipeline? If Bastian is correct, is this a bug?
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### Author:  [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/3 "2020-12-01T18:31:00Z")
No, only the last selected item is reloaded.
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### Author:  [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/4 "2020-12-02T16:26:21Z")
> [@wascott](#):
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> Shouldn’t this request actually work for all items in the pipeline?
No, it’s plural ‘files’ since a single reader can read multiple files. It’s designed to only work for selected reader.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/5 "2020-12-02T17:18:43Z")
Of course, silly me. Thanks for the reply.
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### Author:  [@richti83](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/richti83)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948/6 "2020-12-04T20:47:03Z")
Years ago (when the “Reload Files” method has not been available yet) I’ve written a simple python macro to reload the whole pipeline:
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It’s special for my use case but easy to adapt.
Best,
Christian.