Explorer Display States
Explorers display in one of three states: Folders On, Folders Off, and Search On. The display state determines what information you see and what functionality is available. You change states using the Folders and Find buttons on the ribbon.
Folders On—In the default Folders On state, explorers display a folders tree on the left and a detailed list of the selected folder’s contents (subfolders and items) on the right. The columns that display in the list are specific to each explorer. For instance, the Reports explorer shows Created, Updated, Initial Run, and Refresh on Edit columns, while the Mailings explorer might show Last Launched, Sent, and Clicked columns.
Folders Off—When you turn off folders, the tree is hidden and the content pane displays only the detailed list of the selected folder’s contents. However, the folder hierarchy is maintained. Depending on where you are in the hierarchy when you turn off folders, you can double-click a folder to drill down or click Up to move up one level.
Click Folders to turn off folders. You can also click X on the top right of the folders tree to turn off folders. Click Folders again to display the tree and turn folders on.
Search On—The third explorer display state is Search On. The left side of the content pane displays the Find menu. Click Find to change to Search On. Click it again to turn off search. You can also click X on the top right of the Find menu to turn off search.