1. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable components for implementing a method of filtering items with metadata properties, the items being represented on a display, the method comprising: providing a plurality of display objects on the display that each represent at least one item from a hierarchical file system structure; presenting a filter term on the display that corresponds to a metadata property that is shared by a plurality of the items, wherein the filter term is not based on the hierarchical file system structure; and responsive to selection of the filter term, displaying a virtual folder corresponding to a value of the metadata property, wherein the virtual folder represents each item from the hierarchical file system structure that has the value of the metadata property and the selection of the filter term causes the items that are represented on the display to be reduced to the items that share the metadata property.