# Open file dialog and multiple files with consecutive numbering

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-and-multiple-files-with-consecutive-numbering/5107
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-and-multiple-files-with-consecutive-numbering/5107 "2020-08-14T12:55:16Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-and-multiple-files-with-consecutive-numbering/5107/2 "2020-08-27T13:16:51Z")

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This grouping is a “file series” and let you load multiple files as if they were multiple timesteps.

There is no settings to disable this behavior afaik, but it would make sense to have one imo.  
Please feel free to open an issue on our [gitlab](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues) and to [contribute](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-are-features-and-bug-fixes-incorporated-into-paraview/4735) to it if you are interested.

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