Folder Display
This page contains options that affect how Opus displays the contents of
folders.
- Add 'Group' column automatically when file display is
grouped: Automatically adds the Group column when
the file display is grouped. The column prevents the group
headers from appearing between groups, using horizontal space instead of
vertical space to indicate where each group starts and ends. If the option is
off, you can still add the column explicitly, allowing you to use both styles
of grouping in different situations.
- Display Compatibility Files where possible: When this
option is on Opus will automatically merge the contents of a folder's compatibility folder
when it has one. For example, the compatibility folder for C:\Program
Files is C:\Users\<Your
Name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files. With this option on,
the display of C:\Program Files would automatically include the
contents of the compatibility folder as well, with items from that folder
displayed in a different color. This option doesn't apply to Windows XP.
- Display localized folder names: Vista introduced the
concept of localized folder names. In Windows XP, the C:\Program Files
directory (for example) is physically renamed in other languages - e.g.
on French systems the folder is C:\Programmes. In Vista and above,
the folder is always called C:\Program Files, but its name
is translated when it's displayed in the user interface. With this option
on Opus will display the localized name for such folders instead of the real
name in the filesystem.
- Hide the '.lnk' extension for shortcuts: Shortcut files
have the extension .lnk - if you turn this option on, the
.lnk extension will be hidden in file lists.
- Highlight previous folder on Up/Back: If this option is
on and you go up (or back) to the parent folder, the child folder you came
from will be highlighted with a blinking underline for the specified time.
- Modify display of all-uppercase filenames: This lets you
modify the display of filenames that are all upper-case, for example legacy
files copied from non-long filename filesystems like FAT-formatted drives. The
filenames themselves are not altered, just how Opus displays them in the file
list.
- Show '..' parent item in folders: When this option is on
Opus adds a .. item to the top of file lists. The
.. is a long-used symbol for the parent folder, and the
.. item lets you go up to the parent folder by
double-clicking it as if it were a child folder. You can also drag and drop to
the .. item to copy or move files to the folder's parent.
- Hide when file display is grouped: When the file
display is grouped, you may not want the
.. item displayed - if it is, it ends up in the
Unspecified group, which is normally at the very bottom of the file
list, and so its presence there may not be as useful as when it's at the
top. This option lets the .. be automatically hidden
whenever the display is grouped.
- Show shortcut arrows and other icon overlays: If this
option is off, Opus will not display icon overlays such as arrows in the
corners of shortcut icons, shared folder indicators, or status indicators from
source-control and folder-syncing shell extensions (e.g. TortoiseSVN and
DropBox).
- Show day names in date columns: If this option is on and
a file's timestamp is within the past week, the day of the week (or
Today or Yesterday) will be displayed instead of the actual
date.
- Show seconds in time columns: Opus will show seconds
(hh:mm:ss) in time columns with this option on - otherwise, it only
displays the time using hours and minutes. If seconds are displayed you can
also turn on the Show milliseconds option to display
timestamps with millisecond resolution (to the limit of the underlying file
system).
- Show generic icons: Most file types use the same icon for
all files of that type - for example, all .txt files generally have the same
icon. However some file types (most noteably .exe files) can
have a different icon for individual files. Loading this icon can slightly
slow down the display time of folders, particularly on network drives, so you
can use this option to control whether Opus displays generic icons rather than
per-file icons for these types of files.