Customizing the Archive Display
You can customize the way that Archive Manager displays the archive contents, as follows:
- Switch between folder view and file view. For more information, see Section 7.1 ― To Set the View Type.
- Specify the order in which to display files in the list. For more information, see Section 7.2 ― To Sort the File List.
- Display additional details about the contents of the archive. For more information, see Section 7.3 ― To Display Additional Details.
Archive Manager updates the display immediately, when you make any of the above customizations.
7.1. To Set the View Type
If the archive contains folders, you can show the archive contents in either folder view or file view.
- 7.1.1. Folder View
- 7.1.2. File View
7.1.1. Folder View
Archive Manager displays the archive contents in folder view by default. To explicitly select folder view, choose .
In folder view, Archive Manager shows folders in the same way as a file manager shows folders. That is, Archive Manager indicates folders in the display area with a folder icon and the folder name. To view the contents of a folder, double-click on the folder name.
The folderbar, which Archive Manager displays only in folder view, contains the components described in the following table.
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Click on this button to navigate backwards in the location history list. |
| Click on this button to navigate forwards in the location history list. |
| Click on this button to navigate up one level in the folder tree. |
| Click on this button to open the top-level folder in the archive. |
| Location |
This field shows the full pathname, within the archive, of the current folder. To change to a different level in the folder tree, type the new location in the Location text box then press Return. Archive Manager displays the contents of the new location. |
7.2. To Sort the File List
You can sort the file list by name, size, type, modification date, or location.
To specify a sort order, click on the heading of the corresponding column.
To reverse the sort order, click on the column heading again.
For example, to sort the file list by modification date, click on the Date modified heading. Archive Manager rearranges the file list to display the files by modification date, starting with the earliest. To display the latest files first, click on the Date modified heading again.
Archive Manager always performs a secondary sort based on the file name. In the above example, Archive Manager sorts by name any files that have the same modification date.
7.3. To Display Additional Details
To open the Last Output dialog, choose :
- If you tested the archive in the current Archive Manager session, the Last Output dialog displays the results of the last test.
- If you did not test the archive in the current Archive Manager session, the Last Output dialog displays a list of all files in the archive, but does not indicate any status for the files. Instead, the Last Output dialog provides the compressed size of each file and the percentage of compression, and the date and time at which the file was last modified.