User Interface > The Detail View

The FolderSizes Detail View provides powerful insight into disk space usage, providing you with a wealth of information for each folder and file, including:

•	Name - The name of the file system object (file or folder).

•	Size - Actual size of the file system object.

•	Allocated - Size of the file system object on disk (includes cluster size computations).

•	Files - Count of files associated with the object. When viewing a folder, this is the number of files it contains.

•	Folders - Count of folders associated with the object. When viewing a folder, this is the number of sub-folders it contains.

•	Modified - Date the file system object last changed.

•	Created - Date the file system object was created.

•	Accessed - Date the file system object was last accessed.

•	% of Parent - Percentage of the parent file system path this object constitutes.

•	Attributes - Summary of file system attributes, using a combination of letters to represent each specific NTFS attribute (R = Read only, H = Hidden, S = System, D = Directory, A = Archive, N = Normal, T = Temporary, C = Compressed, E = Encrypted, O = Offline, I = Not indexed, P = Sparse).

•	Avg. file size - Average file size.

•	Depth - Depth of the file system object in relation to the root scan path.

•	Type - A textual description of the file or folder type.

•	Owner - Name of the file system object owner.

•	Full Path - The complete file system path

•	Calculated Modified, Created, and Accessed - Click here to learn more about calculated date/time values.

•	Relative Age - Shown in bar graph form, represents age of object relative to last modification date/time of its siblings (objects within the same parent folder).

Note: Not all columns are displayed by default. You can control which columns are displayed by right-clicking any detail view column header and placing a check mark next to each of the columns you wish to have displayed. Note that the detail view export facilities will output the same columns that are visible in the main interface.

Other Detail View Features

One of the many compelling features of the FolderSizes detail view is that it updates dynamically, as a file system scan progresses. Just navigate to a file system folder or drive and watch FolderSizes go.

Just like with the Folder Browser, the Drive Space, and the Graph View panels, you can right-click any folder or file in the detail view to gain access to a context menu that's full of useful functions.

Double-clicking a folder name in the detail view will cause FolderSizes to drill down into that folder, allowing you to explore it further (files are opened with their default program handler when double-clicked).

A single click (with the left mouse button) in any of the detail view column headers will cause FolderSizes to sort by that column. Click the same column again to reverse the sort order. Note that the graph view display is always sorted in the same order as the detail view.

Folder and file entries in the detail view are color coded according to their file properties. For example, by default system folders and files are colored red, and compressed objects are colored blue. The colors can also be customized within the detail view section of the options window.

The detail view also has a wealth of display modes from which you may select. Select the View tab within the application ribbon bar to explore some of these options, including subfolder display depth, file size format, and much more.