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Opening a folder item | Quick | Taskbar driven | Menu driven |
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Mouse | Hold Focus or select item | Select item, then choose "Open" from taskbar | Right Focus or select item |
Keyboard | Focus or select item | Select item, then choose "Open" from taskbar | Focus or select item |
Touch | - | Tap item to select it, then choose "Open" from taskbar | Tap item and hold to get context menu, |
Return to parent folder item | Quick | Taskbar driven | Menu driven |
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Mouse | - | Click "Up" button | - |
Keyboard | - | Focus or select item | - |
Touch | - | Tap "Up" button | - |
For the modifier keys, the first name denotes the Windows and Linux platforms, the second one the Mac platform.
On opening a folder item, the content of the list view is then replaced by the list of items contained in the folder item. If data about items has to be loaded first, the list view is replaced by a visual indicator asking the user for patience. To return to the parent item of a currently shown sub list of items, the list view provides an "up" button - clicking or tapping it returns you to the list view containing the parent folder item.When using a keyboard, first focus the folder item you intend to open, then press the ENTER key together with a modifier key (Command on Mac, Alt on Windows and Linux). To return to a parent list from a sub list of items, press the UP arrow together with the same modifier key (Command on Mac, Alt on Windows and Linux) with the keyboard focus on any item in the list.For touch input, tap and hold the item until a context menu appears, then choose "open..". To return to the parent item, click on the same "up" button you'd also use when navigating with the mouse.
A list is not a very convenient way to quickly navigate a hierarchical set of items, but has the advantage of visualising the type of a file or even showing thumbnail previews of an item's content.
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