Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Working with List View

Windows displayed in list view have a feature not found in icon or column views: They can display the contents of folders within the window as an outline (Figures 73 and

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To display or hide a folder''s contents in outline list view

Figure 1 ).

Figure 1. Right-pointing triangles indicate collapsed outlines.

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Click the folder once to select it, and press .

The items within that folder are listed below it, slightly indented (Figure 2 ).

Figure 2. Folder contents can be displayed as an outline…

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To hide a folder''s contents, use one of the following techniques:

Click the down-pointing triangle beside the folder (Figure 2 ).

Click the folder once to select it, and press .

The outline collapses to hide the items in the folder (Figure 1 ).

Tip

As shown in

Figure 3 , you can use this technique to display multiple levels of folders in the same window.

Figure 3. …that can show several levels.

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To select multiple contiguous icons in list view

1.	Position the mouse pointer in front of the first icon you want to select (Figure 4 ). Figure 4. Position the mouse pointer in front of the first icon you want to select. [View full size image]
2.	Hold the mouse button down and drag over the other icons you want to select (Figure 5 ). Figure 5. Drag over the other icons you want to select. [View full size image]

Or

1.	Click to select the first icon you want to select (Figure 6 ). Figure 6. Select the first icon. [View full size image]
2.	Hold down and click the last icon in the group you want to select (Figure 7 ). Figure 7. Hold down and click the last icon. [View full size image]

To select multiple noncontiguous icons in list view

1.	Click to select the first icon you want to select (Figure 8 ). Figure 8. Select the first icon. [View full size image]
2.	Hold down and click the next icon you want to select (Figure 9 ). Figure 9. Hold down and click another icon. [View full size image]
3.	Repeat step 2 until all icons have been selected (Figure 10 ). Figure 10. Continue holding down and clicking icons until you''re finished selecting the icons you want. [View full size image]

To deselect icons

Click anywhere in the window other than on an icon''s line of information.