The FolderSizes main window uses a ribbon bar to expose features and functions to users.
The ribbon bar is grouped into several tabs - Home, View, Graph and Help.
| • | The Home tab contains of features relating to file system analysis, results management tools, and more. |
| • | The View tab provides access to groups of functions impacting the main detail view, along with visibility of UI components in the main window. |
| • | The Graph tab exposes features relating to the main window graph views (e.g. bar graph, pie graph, and folder map). See this topic for details. |
| • | The Help tab contains features and functions providing assistance with application features, update checking, and product licensing. |
The ribbon bar also contains a File button that provides access to file-related functions (such as saving and loaded file system data to / from XML), as well as export (saving file system scan data to other formats) and printing capabilities.
To minimize the ribbon bar, double-click one of its tabs. Once minimized, click a ribbon tab will reveal its contents. Double-click one of the tabs again to maximize the ribbon bar (e.g. make it re-appear from a minimized state).
The ribbon bar provides excellent keyboard accessibility. Press and release the Alt key to show the "hot keys" for the ribbon bar tabs. Press the key corresponding to a tab to show the hot keys for the individual commands. If more than one "hot key" letter appears, press the corresponding keyboard keys in succession to access that function.