You can specify what information is displayed in list view in file manager windows. You can specify which columns are displayed in list view, and the order in which the columns are displayed.
To set your preferences for list columns, choose Edit ▸ Preferences. Click on the List Columns tab to display the List Columns tabbed section.
To specify a column to display in list view, select the option that corresponds to the column, then click on the Show button. To remove a column from the list view, select the option that corresponds to the column, then click on the Hide button.
Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to specify the position of columns in list view.
To use the default columns and column positions, click on the Use Default button.
The following table describes the columns that you can display:
| Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Choose this option to display the name of the item. |
| Size | Choose this option to display the size of the item. |
| Type | Choose this option to display the description of the MIME type of the item from the File Types and Programs preference tool. |
| Date Modified | Choose this option to display the last modification date of the item. |
| Date Accessed | Choose this option to display the date that the item was last accessed. |
| Group | Choose this option to display the group to which the item belongs. |
| MIME type | Choose this option to display the MIME type of the item. |
| Octal Permissions | Choose this option to display the permissions of the item in octal notation, for example 764. |
| Owner | Choose this option to display the owner of the item. |
| Permissions | Choose this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three characters, for example -rwxrw-r--. |