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To get started using File Manager, you need to learn a few
basic skills. Each icon in File Manager represents an object that
you can manipulate in a variety of ways, including: Getting online help on objects
To Select a Single File or Folder | |
When you select the icon of a file or folder, its name is
highlighted. Many choices in File Manager's menus apply to the currently
selected file or folder. You select an object
so that you can use one of the Selected menu choices on that object.
The Selected menu contains choices that affect only the currently
selected objects. The contents of this menu will change as you select
different kinds of objects in the view area. These choices will
appear dimmed until you select an icon. Use the Tab and arrow keys to move the highlight to the icon
you want to select. Press the Spacebar.
To deselect a file or folder, select another icon or click
an empty area within the File Manager window. To Select Multiple Files and Folders | |
You select multiple objects so that you can use one of the
Selected menu choices on these objects. Selecting multiple files
is useful if you want to delete several files at once, or move a
group of files to a new folder. However, when you select more than
one object, the Actions portion of the Selected menu will be empty. When multiple icons are selected, dragging any one of the
selected icons drags the whole group. The Selected menu and various
menu commands that apply only to a single object are inactive. Press the left mouse
button in a blank area of the view, drag the mouse to draw a box
around the icons you want to select, then release the mouse button. Or, you can click the left mouse button
to select the first icon, then hold down the Control key and click
the left mouse button to select each additional icon. This method
is useful when the icons you want to select are not located next
to each other. To remove a single icon from a selected group, hold
the Control key down and click the icon you want to remove.
Select the first file or folder icon by pressing the Spacebar. For each additional icon you want to select, move
the highlight to it, then press Control+Spacebar.
To Drag and Drop a File or Folder | |
Put the mouse pointer over the file or folder. Press and hold the left mouse
button. Drag the icon to where you want to drop it. Release the mouse button.
So, the motion for dropping an object is pressdragrelease. To cancel a drag in progress, press Esc before releasing the
mouse button. If more than one icon is selected, you drag the entire group
by dragging any of the selected icons. | | | |  | NOTE: You cannot drag and drop an object without a mouse or
other pointing device. | | | | |
Basic Drag-and-Drop TasksTo move a file to
another folder, drop the icon on the destination folder's icon.
Or, if both the source and destination folders are open, drag the
icon from the source folder's view window and drop it onto the background
of the folder's view window. To place an icon for a file or folder on the backdrop
of your current workspace, drop the file or folder icon outside
of any window. A desktop object is really just a reference
to the real object, which remains in the File Manager view, unchanged. To print a file, drop the file icon onto the Printer
control in the Front Panel (or one of the printers in the Personal
Printers subpanel). To delete a file or folder, drop the file or folder
icon onto the Trash Can control in the Front Panel.
If you try to drop an icon in a location that does not support
dropped objects, the icon snaps back to its original location in
File Manager or on the desktop. To Display a Pop-up Menu | |
Each object in File Manager has a pop-up menu. The File Manager
window itself has a pop-up menu viewable when the pointer is placed
in a location in the view window outside the boundaries of the individual
file or folder objects. Point to the icon whose pop-up menu you want to display and
press the right mouse button. To choose a command from the menu, drag to the command,
then release. Or, click the command.
Using the Tab and direction keys, move the highlight to the
icon whose menu you want to display. Press Shift+F10. To choose a command from the menu, use the direction
keys to highlight the command, then press Return. To cancel the menu without choosing a command, press
Esc.
To Rename a File or Folder | |
| | | | | NOTE: You can rename only objects for which you have appropriate
permissions. Also, note that you cannot rename actions. | | | | |
Select the file or folder name by clicking the name beneath
its icon. Type the new name. Press Return. If you click outside the name without
first pressing Return, your changes will be lost.
To cancel a rename operation, press Esc. Use the Tab and arrow keys to move to the icon for the file
or folder you want to rename. Press the Spacebar to highlight (select) the icon
name. Choose Rename from the Selected menu. Type the new name. Press Return.
To cancel a rename operation, press Esc. To Get Help on a File or Folder | |
The description displayed when you ask for help on an icon
describes the data type associated with the file or folder. The
description is specified in the object's data-type definition. Select the file
or folder, then press F1. Or, put the mouse pointer on
the object and select help from the object's pop-up menu (displayed
by pressing the right mouse button). Or, choose On Item from the
Help menu, then click the file or folder's icon.
Use the Tab and arrow keys to move to the icon, then press
F1.
Opening a File or Folder | |
The most basic action you can perform on an object is to open
it. "Open" is a very general term, and the action
taken depends on the type of object you are opening. For example,
opening a folder changes the File Manager view to show the contents
of that folder. Opening a data file usually starts the application
that created the file and loads the data file Double-click the
icon. Double-clicking an icon executes the object's default action,
which is always the first action in the Actions portion of the Selected
menu. For most data files, the default action opens the file by
starting the appropriate application and loading the file. Or, select the icon, then go
to the menu bar and choose Open (or Open In Place or Open New View)
from the Selected menu. Or, choose an Open item from
the icon's pop-up menu (displayed by pressing Shift+F10 or the right
mouse button).
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