Folder Tree Appearance

The options at the top of this page affect the appearance of the tree.

• Show drive labels as: This lets you choose how disk drive labels and letters are shown under the Computer folder. You can choose labels before letters, letters only, or letters before labels.
• Tree style: This controls the visual appearance of the folder tree. The Lines style is the traditional Windows XP style with + / - buttons next to each folder and dotted lines joining the tree structure. No Lines uses the same + / - buttons but does not draw the dotted lines between items. On Vista and Windows 7 you can also select to draw the tree in the same style as Explorer, with expansion arrows that fade in and out, and no lines joining items.
• Display open/close buttons at root level: If this option is on, items in the tree at root level (e.g. the Desktop) will have an expansion button displayed next to them, letting you more easily expand and collapse root-level items. If turned off, only items at levels below the root will have expansion buttons - to expand or collapse root items in this case you can double-click them. When expansion buttons are hidden, all root items will start out expanded automatically.
• Highlight path to selected folder: If this option is on the tree will display a "highlight" line that marks the path from the root of the tree to the currently selected folder.
  • Highlight path to all currently open tabs: The path to all currently open tabs will be shown instead of just to the active tab. The paths to non-active tabs are faded so as not to obscure the current tab's path.
  • Only highlight paths when tree is active: The path highlight will only be shown when the mouse is over the tree or the tree has input focus.
  • Rounded corners: The path highlight will be have smooth, rounded corners instead of right-angles.
    • Shadow around active path: The line highlighting the path of the active tab will have a shadow drawn around it, making it thicker and easier to see. This is especially useful when displaying lines for all tabs as it ensures that the line for the active tab stands out against all the others. The shadow is drawn using the color configured in the Display / Colors and Fonts page (the Tree highlight path to selection: Shadow color).
  • Use color from tab: If a tab has a non-standard color (if, for example, it's linked to another tab), the highlight path to that tab will be drawn in the tab's color. Otherwise the highlight path is drawn using the color configured in the Display / Colors and Fonts page (the Tree highlight path to selection: Highlight color).
• Show Folder Tree header: This lets you turn off the tree's "header" (the title bar at the top of the tree).
• Use configured file display colors for tree items: If this option is turned on, folders in the tree will be displayed with the same colors they would be shown as in the file display. That is, system folders, compressed folders, labelled folders, etc. will all use the colors defined for them on the Colors and Fonts and Labels pages. If this option is turned off all folders will be shown in the same color.