The local pane displays files and directories on the local file system. The local pane contains the following components:
Root Directories
The drop-down box on the top left corner lists all root
directories available on the local system. Selecting a root directory
from the list changes the working directory to the selected root
directory.
On most
systems, there will be just one root directory. For e.g.
Desktop
is the root directory on Windows and
"/"
is the root directory on all UNIX type systems.
Working Directory
The drop-down box next to the root directories displays the
current working directory. This drop-down box displays a tree like
structure starting at the root directory and ending at the working
directory. Selecting an entry from the drop-down box, changes the
working directory to the selected directory.
Up Button
To traverse one level up in the directory tree, click on the
button.
Directory List Table
The directory list table displays the contents of the
working directory. This table contains four columns to display the
name, type, size and modification date of the files.
File Count and Size
Just below the directory list table is a status bar to
display the total number of objects in the working directory, size of
all objects, number of selected objects and the size of selected
objects.