- Window Views
- Working with Icon View
- Working with List View
- Working with Column View
- Working with Cover Flow
- Customizing Window & Desktop Views
Working with Column View
Column view (Figure 3) displays the contents of a window in multiple columns. Clicking a folder in one column displays the contents of that folder in the column to its right. Clicking a document or application in a column displays a preview or information about the item in the column to its right.
To display a folder's contents
Click the name of the folder you want to view the contents of.
The contents of the folder appear in the column to the right of the one you clicked in (Figure 29).
Figure 29 Selecting a folder in column view displays the contents of that folder in the column to the right.
To display a document preview
Click the icon for the document you want to preview.
If a preview for the document is available, it appears in the column to the right of the one you clicked in, along with additional information about the file (Figure 30).
Figure 30 Selecting a document in column view can display a preview and additional information for the document in the column to the right.
Or
If a preview is not available, the icon for the item appears in the column to the right of the one you clicked.
To move through the folder hierarchy
To scroll through the folder hierarchy, use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the window (Figure 31):
- Click the left scroll button to scroll backward and view parent folders.
- Click the right scroll button to scroll forward and view child folders.
Figure 31 You can scroll forward or backward through the file hierarchy by using the horizontal scroll bar.
To change column width
- Position the mouse pointer on the bottom of the divider between two columns (Figure 32).
Figure 32 To resize a column, start by positioning your mouse pointer on the divider...
- Drag as follows:
To view more columns
Drag the resize handle in the bottom-right corner of the window to the right to make the window wider. The wider a window is, the more columns are displayed (Figure 34).
Figure 34 You can view more columns by making the window larger.