Displaying libraries and objects

What you see in the views

In the Tree view, you can expand items and see the folders, libraries, or objects they contain. In the List view, you do not see expansions and contractions of contents. The List view displays only contents. You cannot see any files that are not in libraries.

StepsTo expand or collapse an item in the Tree view:

  1. Double-click the item.

    If the item contains libraries or objects, they display in the List view.

StepsTo display the contents of an item in the List view:

  1. Select the item in the Tree view, or double-Click the item in the List view.

Using drag and drop to expand items

You can drag and drop items to expand them and see the contents:

If you drag an item from a

And drop it in a

This happens

Tree view or List view

List view

The List view sets the item as the root and displays the contents

Tree view or List view

Tree view

The Tree view expands to that item

For example, you can drag a library from the Tree view and drop it in the List view to quickly display the objects the library contains in the List view. For information about using drag and drop to copy or move items, see “Copying, moving, and deleting objects”.