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How to distinguish a folder in which all files selected vs only some selected

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I am attempting to cobble together a "critical files" backup. As always when creating an ATI backup, one goes to the "Select Source" screen to select what one wants to include in the backup. However, for some folders I select the folder as a whole, in other folders I select all the files, and in still other folders I only select some of the files. When I later look at folders on the right side of the screen that exist in the parent folder shown in the left hand screen, I can see no difference in a folder on the right side that has all files selected vs a folder where I only selected some files. I would have expected a different icon or perhaps a different colored icon. Is there a way to tell one folder type from the other on the right side? (I know I can click on the folder on the right to see what files are included, but that is very time consuming if you have many folders.)

This becomes important because if you select the folder itself, then all files later added to that folder get backed up later. If however, you only select some of the files, new files added to that folder are never part of the backup. I know how to configure the backup so I get one behavior or the other, but I can find no way to later see which folder was selected as "all files including future files" vs a folder that only has 1 or more individual files selected without looking at the detailed files in every folder.

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Sandy, there is no specific indication shown within the ATI GUI to show whether you have selected all files in a folder or just some.

However, if you look at the underlying C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts .tib.tis file for your backup task, you will see an XML section that lists all the included source files for the task.

<files>
           <include>D:\Dropbox\</include>
           <include>D:\Cloud\Computer repair\Home\advisorinstaller.exe</include>
           <include>D:\Cloud\Computer repair\Linux\</include>
           <include>D:\Cloud\Computer repair\Reference\Windows 10 Privacy\</include>
</files>

Thanks Steve, not the answer I was hoping for, but it gives me a way to see definitively what is included in the backup and what is not.