The View menu allows you to customize
your File Manager windows. There are a number of options available on
the View menu including:
| Open New View |
Clicking on Open New
View in the View menu will open another File Manager window.
This facilitates moving files between different directory
hierarchies. |
| Set View Options |
Set View Options
enables you to choose the way in which the File Manager
information is displayed in the window. The choices available
are covered below. |
| Save Default
Options |
Allows these settings
to be retained after File Manager has closed. |
| Show Hidden Objects
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The File Manager
window can be set to Show Hidden Objects, allowing viewing of
all objects in a directory. |
| Set Filter Options |
Setting the Filter
Options enables you to decide what objects will be hidden
objects if you choose not to have these objects displayed. |
| Update |
The Update option of
the View menu will redraw the File Manager window screen. This
is useful if objects have been hidden or moved around during the
current File Manager session. |
The Set View Options
The Options from this menu item allow you to change the way File
Manager displays the files and folders in its windows. You can change
the ordering of the display by name, file type, date, or size. These
options are shown in Figure
and can be modified at any time.
The Tree Display 
The file system can be displayed by single folder or as a hierarchical
tree. By using the Tree display for your folders, it becomes easier to
move around the file system hierarchy.
When a folder is double-clicked,
another File Manager window will automatically be invoked and the
contents of the selected folder will be displayed in the new File
Manager window.
Note - For every folder
selected, a new File Manager window will be invoked. Close the File
Manager windows if you have finished working with the contents of
the folder; otherwise, the performance of your workstation will
begin to degrade.
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Lab
Activity
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Advanced
CDE File Manager
In
this lab, you will work with some of the more
advanced features and functions of Common Desktop
Environment (CDE) File Manager. You will perform
more advanced file and directory management tasks
such as those that were performed earlier at the
command line. |
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