LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Changing the view, Navigating through drives and folders

Follow these guidelines to navigate through the left side of a File Transfer window:

• Double-click a drive or folder Opens and expands the drive or folder, displaying its subfolders immediately below. (Double-clicking is the fastest way to navigate downward in a hierarchy of folders.)

•Click a drive or folder Opens the drive or folder with- out expanding it.

•Click a plus sign (+) Expands the drive or folder, dis- playing its subfolders immediately below. The drive or folder is not opened.

•Click a minus sign (-)Collapses the drive or folder, hiding its subfolders.

TIP Want to locate a particular folder or file? Type the first letter of its name. The highlight moves to the next item beginning with that letter. Typing the letter again finds the next occurrence.

Changing the view

When you open a drive or folder, you see its contents—sub- folders and files—on the right side of the File Transfer win- dow.

. . . Navigating through drives and folders

By default, the contents appear in Detail view: file name, size, type (based on the MS-DOS name extension), modifi- cation date, and attributes.

To change the appearance of the items displayed on the right side of a File Transfer window:

•On the View menu, click one of these commands: Large Icons, Small Icons, or List.

Try the different views to find your preference. To return to the original view, click Detail.

Sorting files and folders

Regardless of the view, you can rearrange the folders and files on the right side of a File Transfer window according to name, size, date, and so on.

To change the order of files and folders:

•On the View menu, point to Arrange Icons; then click one of these commands: By Name, By Type, By Size, By Date, or By Attributes.

TIP If you are displaying files in Detail view, you can sort them by name, size, type (file name extension), modifica- tion date, or attribute: click the corresponding button at the top of a column. Clicking the same button again reverses the order.

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