this should be the same for windows 8 or 8.1 i know this works in windows 7
in the libraries that you want to do this.
1. shift tab back to orignize and space bar on it. 2 down arrow to
layout submenu and right arrow you can enter on details
,preview,navation and remove them from the side pannel.
as for each you must enter on the orginaze button or space bar on it to
make this work.
Give this a try and let us know if it works for you.
On 4/25/2014 1:09 PM, Pat Ferguson wrote:
Hi Robin,
You can set that to list view which I think is much easier.
I think you do an alt-V and arrow down to list view and then hit enter.
I can't stand tree views, but that's just my personal opinion. <smile>
I have my C drive set up so that Windows explorer shows only one layer
at a time, and if I have sub folders in a folder, it will only open
them up when I go into a folder. <smile>
Thanks much.
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians
4:13.
At 11:20 AM 4/25/2014, you wrote:
Very helpful, Marc, especially about the address bar function.
I'll have to check again which view I am using. I noticed last night
that the layout in the listview area was unique, so I wonder if I
have some grouping function enabled. There were two columns, upper
left said Documents, and arrowing arrowing down said Pictures, music,
etc. I figured I was just in a straight listview for my personal
files. But then I realized that there was another column to the
right that started off with something like drives and devices. And
arrowing down from that listed the DVD drive and the USB hard drive I
had just plugged in. Here I was expecting to have to hit enter on
the Drives & devices folder to get to my USB hard drive, but instead
it was listed below the label within that tree view. That's
definitely not how I've seen things in previous Windows versions, but
now that I see the pattern, it made sense.
*From:* Marc Solomon [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
*Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2014 6:51 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Understanding the file management dialog boxes in Win 7
and Win 8.1
Hi Robin,
While the Open and Save dialogs in Windows 8.1 have more pieces and
parts when compared to their counterparts in earlier versions of
Windows, the good news is that you can still do things in the same
way once you get the hang of it and make a few adjustments. The
first tip I want to pass along is how to access and use the address
bar. You mentioned a pull down that you used to use, this combo box
has been replaced by the address bar. The shortcut to access the
address bar is Alt-D just like it is in Internet Explorer and other
web browsers. The address bar supports both auto completion and
suggestion lists. So, if you want to save a file or open a file from
your Documents library or your Desktop, just go to the address bar
and type the location followed by Enter. You can also type in full
file or folder paths if you are a bit more old school and know the
exact location of what you are looking for. If you are lazy like me,
I stop typing the location after I hear Window-Eyes announce the
suggestion list and just arrow to the correct location and press
Enter. This allows me to select locations with 3 or 4 key presses.
You can also press Alt-Down to drop down the address edit combo box
to review a list of its history. Overall, I have found that the
address bar can really make you more efficient once you learn how to
use it.
Keep in mind that the address bar is just one way of selecting a
location. As you mentioned, you can also use the tree view in the
navigation pane if that is easier for you. The tree view gives you
not only your standard files and folders but also favorites and
libraries which can be customized to include the folders you use most.
If you are in the oldest of the old school, you have memorized all
files paths and important folder paths from your days of using DOS
and just simply use the File Name edit combo box to type in the full
path of the file you want to open or the location and name for the
file you want to save.
Pressing Backspace while in the files and folders list box for the
selected location still moves you back in the hierarchy in the
current file path. One difference that I notice is that once you
reach the lowest level of the file path, for example, the root of C,
pressing backspace again takes you to Computer and pressing Backspace
again takes you to the Desktop. This is my experience in Windows 8.1.
One other tip is to set the files and folder list box view to either
list or details and make sure grouping is turned off. Disabling the
Library Pane and Preview Pane can also simplify the dialog's user
interface.
I hope you find this information helpful.
Regards,
Marc
From: "Van Lant, Robin" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:43:10 +0000
I recently moved to Windows 7 and work and Windows 8.1 at home. I had
been on Windows XP in both places before that. I was very accustomed
to how to navigate through the Windows Explorer, Open and Save dialog
boxes in XP, but I'm struggling with how things are organized and the
interface with the buttons across the top of the dialogs in Win 7 and
Win 8.1. Can someone recommend a good summary of how best to
navigate? I'm using WE 8.4.
I first thought that it was best to 'declutter the screen by getting
rid of the navigation pane, but I just added that back, realizing
that there doesn't seem to be the look in drop down box at the top of
the dialog any more.
In the navigation pane, I'm not clear when I should go to libraries,
Favorites, etc.. There also is something called a Name split
button, so a single shift Tab doesn't' seem to take me right into the
file list view anymore, rather I have to do it twice. The other day
I was trying to get to my booksense to transfer files and I really
bumbled along to find that in Windows 8..1. At work, we have
network drives and I feel like I can't get to them nearly as easily
as I could in XP. I used to be able to backspace while in the file
list and it would move be backward through eh file structure. Now it
seems that I can do that maybe once, but then it jumps be back to the
level I was on. Believe me, I am creating desktop shortcuts to
folders I use most commonly, but at work there are too many places I
need to go, sometimes just once.
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