User manual GNOME GNOME 2.4 DESKTOP

[. . . ] GNOME 2. 4 Desktop User Guide <<< Prev GNOME Logo Next >>> GNOME 2. 4 Desktop User Guide About This Document Table of Contents I. Using the Accessibility Preference Tools Glossary <<< Prev About This Document Next >>> Part I. A Tour of the GNOME Desktop GNOME 2. 4 Desktop User Guide Next >>> GNOME Logo GNOME 2. 4 Desktop User Guide Author Sun GNOME Documentation Team Affiliation: Sun Microsystems Publisher GNOME Documentation Project Copyright Copyright © 2003 Sun Microsystems Legal Notice Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1. 1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You can find a copy of the GFDL at this link or in the file COPYING-DOCS distributed with this manual. [. . . ] As you type a path, the file manager reads your file system. When you type enough characters to uniquely identify a directory, the file manager completes the name of the directory in the Location field. For more information, see Using the Tree From the Side Pane. Use the Back toolbar button and the Forward toolbar button to browse through your navigation history. To change to the folder that is one level above the current folder, choose Go->Up. Alternatively, click on the Up toolbar button. To reload the display, click on the Reload button. If you cannot find the folder that you want to display, you can use Search Tool. To start Search Tool, choose Actions->Search for Files. 7. 3. 3. Using the Tree From the Side Pane The Tree displays a hierarchical representation of your file system. The Tree provides a convenient way to navigate your file system. To display the Tree in the side pane, choose Tree from the dropdown list at the top of the side pane. In the Tree, folders are represented as follows: Folder State Graphic Representation Closed folder Right arrow Open folder Down arrow Table 7. 2 describes the tasks that you can perform with the Tree, and how to perform the tasks. Display the contents of a file in the view pane. Action Choose Tree from the drop-down list at the top of the side pane. Choose another item from the drop-down list at the top of the side pane. Click on the arrow next to the folder in the Tree. Click on the arrow next to the folder in the Tree. Select the file in the Tree. Display the contents of a folder in the view pane. Select the folder in the Tree. You can set your preferences so that the Tree does not display files. For more information, see To Set Views Preferences. 7. 3. 4. Opening Files When you open a file, the file manager performs the default action for that file type. The default action can be one of the following: q q Use a viewer component to display the file in the view pane. [. . . ] For example, an email application can use the image/png MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached to an email. mount To mount is to make a file system available for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to your file system. pane A pane is a subdivision of a window. [. . . ]