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Spatial Window Components

Table 6-1 describes the components of file object windows.

Table 6-1The Spatial Window Components
Component Description
Menubar

Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.

You can also open a popup menu from file manager windows. To open this popup menu right-click in a file manager window. The items in this menu depend on where you right-click. For example, when you right-click on a file or folder, you can choose items related to the file or folder. When you right-click on the background of a view pane, you can choose items related to the display of items in the view pane.

View pane

Shows the contents of the following:

  • Folders
  • FTP sites
  • Windows shares
  • WebDAV servers
  • Locations that correspond to special URIs
Statusbar Displays status information.
Parent folder selector

This drop-down list shows the hierarchy of the folder. Choose a folder from the list to open it.

Hold down Shift while choosing from the list to close the current folder as you open the new one.