Editing File Explorer (section)

====Layout and icons====
Windows Explorer in [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows Server 2008]] also introduces a new layout. The task panes from Windows XP are replaced with a toolbar on top and a navigation pane on the left. The navigation pane contains commonly accessed folders and preconfigured search folders. Eight different views are available to view files and folders, including extra large, large, medium, small, list, details, tiles, and content. In addition, column headers now appear in all icon viewing modes,<ref name="StackingCNET"/> unlike Windows XP where they only appear in the details icon viewing mode.<ref name="FilteringTechRepublic"/> File and folder actions such as cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, delete, rename and properties are built into a dropdown menu which appears when the Organize button is clicked. It is also possible to change the layout of the Explorer window by using the Organize button. Users can select whether to display classic menus, a search pane, a preview pane, a reading pane, and the navigation pane. The preview pane enables users to preview files (e.g., documents or media files) without opening them. If an application, such as [[Microsoft Office 2007|Office 2007]], installs preview handlers for file types, then these files can also be edited within the preview pane itself.<ref name="10ThingsPreviewPane">{{cite web |url=http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/07/13/10-things-windows-explorer-has-a-new-preview-pane.aspx |title=10 Things – Windows Explorer Has a New Preview Pane |last=White |first=Nick |date=July 13, 2007 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=Windows Vista Team Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715153823/http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/07/13/10-things-windows-explorer-has-a-new-preview-pane.aspx |archive-date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>

Windows Vista saw the introduction of the [[Breadcrumb (navigation)|breadcrumb]] bar for easier navigation. As opposed to the prior address bar which displayed the current folder in a simple editable combobox, this new style structures the path into clickable levels of folder hierarchy (though falls back to the classic edit mode when a blank area is clicked), enabling the user to skip as many levels as desired in one click rather than repeatedly clicking "Up". It is also possible to navigate to any subfolder of the current folder using the arrow to the right of the last item. The menu bar is now hidden by default but reappears temporarily when the user presses Alt.

Check boxes in Windows Explorer allow the selection of multiple files.<ref name="PenandTouch">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms702418%28v=vs.85%29.aspx |title=Pen and Touch Input in Windows Vista |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |access-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163141/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms702418%28v=vs.85%29.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Free and used space on all drives is shown in horizontal indicator bars. Icons of various sizes are supported: 16 x 16, 24 x 24, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, 64 x 64, 96 x 96, 128 x 128 and 256 x 256. Windows Explorer can zoom the icons in and out using a slider or by holding down the Ctrl key and using the mouse scrollwheel.<ref name="QuickZoom">{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quick-Zoom-on-the-Windows-Vista-Desktop-and-In-Explorer-36646.shtml |title=Quick Zoom on the Windows Vista Desktop and in Explorer |last=Oiaga |first=Marius |date=September 27, 2006 |publisher=[[Softpedia]] |access-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222170116/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quick-Zoom-on-the-Windows-Vista-Desktop-and-In-Explorer-36646.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Live icons can display the content of folders and files themselves rather than generic icons.<ref name="WVUnleashed">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pFN-yLJgeIC&q=Windows+Vista+%22Live+Icons%22&pg=PA87 |title=Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed |last=McFedries |first=Paul |date=2008 |page=87 |publisher=[[Sams Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-672-33013-1 |access-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref>