9.2.1. Displaying a file's content

The following options exist:

How to display a file's content:

Open a folder containing files.
In order to select a view for the objects, click on View in the toolbar. Select one of those entries: List, Icons, Tiles. To display checkboxes for selecting files, enable Checkboxes.
In order to display details of a selected file, click on View in the toolbar. Enable File details.
Use one of the following methods:
- Double-click on a file in the display area.
- Select one or several files in the display area. Click the View icon in the toolbar.
- Select View from the context menu.
To display details for the selected file, enable the Show details icon .

In order to open the previous or next file, click the Back or Next icon next to the view.

Tips:

To change the sorting, click on Sort by in the navigation bar.
To filter by specific object types, to select all files or to clear the selection, click on Select in the navigation bar.

Depending on the file type, different functions can be available:

If the file content can not be displayed, a button for downloading the file will be shown.
For text files and documents in the Office format, there are editing functions available: Information on editing documents can be found in the Documents user documentation.
For images, a button for running a slideshow is available.
For presentations, an icon for presenting the presentation is shown.
For audio and video files in suitable formats, there are playing functions available.

Note: The playing options depend from the browser used.
In order to display the file in a browser tab, click the Pop out standalone viewer icon .

You can use thumbnails to navigate through text documents, presentations and PDF documents. To do so, enable the Thumbnails tab in the sidebar. Click on a thumbnail image.

User interface:

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