Customizing the Archive Display

You can customize the way that Archive Manager displays the archive contents, as follows:

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

Archive Manager displays the archive contents in folder view by default. To explicitly select folder view, choose View ▸ View as a Folder.

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.
Locatie

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.

7.1.2. File View

To select file view, choose View ▸ View All Files.

In file view, Archive Manager displays all files in the archive, including files from subfolders, in a single list.

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 View ▸ Last Output:

  • 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.