The body of a folder page, search result page, etc.
consists of a list of entries, each representing an object contained in the
folder, search folder etc. Normally every object entry starts with the
information icon, followed by a check box for selecting the object and
an icon representing the object’s type. Next comes the name of
the object, which is followed by the action menu button giving access
to actions that may be performed on the object represented by the entry. The
size of an entry is indicated in bytes, in case of a folder in number of objects
contained. This may be followed by icons leading to additional
information, e.g., in a folder page a members’ icon
will take you
to the members’ page of this folder. Note, that
you can actually configure the information displayed along with an entry via
View
Columns
in the top menu (see 4.3.4
Views on folders).
Click the name of the object in its entry or use
Open
in its action menu to display its contents or – if the object is a document
that your Web browser cannot display – to download the corresponding file. You
may open the file on your local system by using an appropriate
application.
Please note that entries in calendar pages look and work a bit differently than described here for folder entries.
BSCW can display the entries ordered according to different sorting criteria. Select View Sort to redisplay the page with the entries sorted by the criterion desired:
• by name
• by type
• by date of last modification
• by size
• by rating
• You may also sort the entries by clicking a column header of the entry list, e.g. ‘Name’ or ‘Last Modified’.
You may display the complete contents of a folder by selecting File Contents in the top menu of the folder.
This will bring up an indented list showing not only the objects directly contained in the folder, but also the contents of subfolders, sub-subfolders etc. Click on the folder name in the navigation bar to return to the normal folder view.