Is there a way to see all changed files in p4v without out having to trawl through the directory tree in the workspace view?
I am much more familiar with git and I am essentially looking for git status at the top level of a repository. I want to be able to see this in p4v rather than the p4 command line tool which most search results seem to turn up.
If you're using Perforce's standard "check out" workflow, all the changed files are always in your pending changelist(s) in the right hand pane.
If you're modifying files without checking them out (note that this negates many of Perforce's benefits relative to git), use the "Reconcile offline work" feature to do a git status-like scan of the local tree. https://www.perforce.com/manuals/p4v/Content/P4V/using.offline.html