Future of the Folder Tree, behaviour and name?

This Folder Tree in both name and behaviour, IMO now is redundant.

Was only ever marginally useful in the absence of actual expandable folders in 'Details View'. Will the Folder Tree either get Renamed to something more suitable and removed the expandable nature of it or let the user with one flick switch it to a Place Pane only mode, again like macOS Finder. All it needs to have and do is display alias icons and host name of the machine, not 'This PC', icons for all storage devices, then icons for frequent places a user needs, like users folder (s) and any other folder to get us in location, because once in location, all the navigation will be done in Details View tab/window. No need navigating recursively in the side bar .

And while correcting myself ,because I keep typing 'List View' as what it is on macOS Finder a list view with columns and expandable folders with disclosure triangles, but I see I need to get terminology right because I see in DO and Windows Explorer they both have a List View, without columns, and, kinda useless IMO even without expandable folders, any plans on Removing List View form DO, or at leave let us disable it from any View button/menu? No point having it there for historical reminiscing or legacy's sake huh.

If you think the Folder Tree is redundant, simply close it.

We aren't going to rename it. That would confuse a lot of people. Folder Tree is standard terminology on Windows.

If you don't use List view, you aren't forced to use it. You can even remove the option from the UI if you really want to, by simply editing the toolbars/menus via Settings > Customize.

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I mean redundant as a 'Tree', the pane itself needs to be visible

Just not all this bizniz


Nothing here needs to be expandable and makes no sense having multiple sections with the same icons, its confusing having This PC and the storage devices under it that are expandable and cannot be removed, then a Home icon having to put the same icons in there so they are not expandable. It's like a typical M$ abomination of an exhibition. What even is This PC, it should be the host name, I didn't name the host 'This PC', but that's M$ for you.

See, macOS Finder sidebar, simple, doesn't need to be complicated, doesn't need to be a tree:

All these are MS/Windows terminology Windows users are used to and that are coming from the underlying OS.
No matter how much you'd like Windows (or Opus) to look like MacOS, this won't happen.
Best solution to reach that is to use macOS.

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Hide "Home" in the settings?

Preferences / Folder Tree / Contents

You can make the same thing in Opus by moving your Favorites Bar to the side instead of the top.

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As an example of what is possible with dopus compared to the restrictet macOS finder.

Is this folder tree less redunant for you?

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Directory Opus is the one software that made me switch to Windows ! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
As Leo and Hardkorn stated, you can use Favorites Bar and close the Tree Panel to achieve what you want. Favorite Bar is so customisable.
Here is what I've set for myself (in a very "Mac" way, in fact), note that the drives part is dynamic and display drives as they are mounted and folders are links with a named separator between what is cloud part and local part.

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Wow your folder tree is perfect!!
I will try make same as you.
So good icons too, I love these :wink: Good work!

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Oh yeah!!!
Yours is super cool too, I like your toolbar icon layout, and of course the icons are nice.
Also love the font, what is that?
I agree, your design setup look very Mac 'like' simpler, cleaner, no clutter.
I think If I can make my side folder tree like HardKorns, and make toolbar icon layout like yours with same font as you then just need decide on icons, yours or Hardkorns...hrm

Both is excellent, no no, superb!

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Thank you :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
As for the font it's a Google font named Ruda, that I use mostly in his Black version :

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Right, so Hardkorn's side bar isn't the folder tree, its the Favourites Bar docked to the left.
Starting to get closer, I configured it like Hardkorns, with a Location header, renamed This PC to the host name, and placed hostname and storage devices here, then another header Favourites with folders under it.

What i've noticed is that this Favourites Toolbar user 'Locations' is fine for hard wired storage, but removable storage (connected USB or Thunderbolt) won't appear by default in the favourites bar, and they'll likely be assigned different Letters.

So, hunting around the Manual (it's well written too, nice) I see there's a 'Drives' Toolbar.
It does indeed populate all drives including removable storage but it only displays the drive letter rather than the volume name and drive letter.

Is it possible to configure this Drives toolbar, so that I can put a Header 'Locations' at the top, have my hostname (renamed from This PC) below header, fixed storage and removable storage below host with full volume names, with drive letters?
It'd be useful to have an 'Eject' button next to the removable, see above macOS Finder sidebar screenshot.

Here's what I have so far:



Leads to a Command Editor Dialogue:
Fixed


Other

Seems probable to achieve with some function editing??

I got it done (except the eject icon on removable's drives not using the icons from the Fluent UI26 Thin Dualtone pack though):


Notice some strange flickering though when clicking icons in these toolbars though.
Any ideas what the cause is? (I don't have an answer as to why the ScreenRecorder app overlays it in green):