Displaying file information with the “Views” menu

In my previous tips about sorting and selecting items from a list, it’s often easier to find things by showing file “Details” or “Thumbnails” by using the “Views” menu.

The Views menu is sometimes only accessible via an icon, as shown above “Views” in the example below…

In the example above I have selected the Thumbnails view, so that I could see and select multiple pictures. Below the same files are selected with the Details view and sorted by name.

In the example above I could choose different detail headings to show (i.e. Name, Size, Date Picture Taken, etc.) by right-clicking on one of the column headers and checking from the available headings that are shown.