Umpteen ways to view files and folders
Explorer offers many different ways to view the icons in its right pane. Choosing one view over another
is just a matter of what’s convenient at the moment. To change the view, you can click the Views button
in the toolbar and make your selection from the menu that appears. Alternatively, choose View from the
Explorer menu bar and select a view from the menu that opens. Your have the following choices:
Thumbnails: Displays the contents of any pictures in the current folder as small thumbnailsized
images. Folders and files that don’t contain pictures just appear as large icons.
Tiles: Shows information about each file and folder (as available) beneath the item’s name,
as in the example shown in Figure 2-18.
Icons: Shows just an icon and name for each file and folder.
List: Reduces the size of the icons to about the same size as corresponding text, and
presents the information in a list.
Details: Shows detailed information about each icon, including its size (except in the case
of folders), type, and the date and time the item was last modified. Although as discussed
later, you can choose for yourself what you want the Details view to display.
The Thumbnails and Details views offer some extra unique options, discussed in the sections that
follow.