Need help to set default columns and column width

HI there,

I've been using DO for about 4 years. I am a very basic user and get lost in all of the options available. My work computer was just replaced and DO was reinstalled. However I cannot remember how to do something.

I use the basic two-pane view with folder tree on the side. I simply want both panes of the window to be identical, i.e. the same columns and column widths. I've been able to remove the columns I don't want to see (e.g. attribute, status, etc) but this is not saved so when I close and reopen DO, it's back at the default with all the colums back where they were.

I right clicked and went into the 'More' menu and saved the layout in there but it does not seem to do anything. Am I looking in the wrong place?

You want Preferences - Folders - Folder Formats then Edit the User Default.

Thanks, it looks like I was in the right place and I've done that, but for some reason it is only applying what I have saved to the right-hand side pane. When I close and reopen DO, the left-hand side pane always reverst to showing columns I don't want to see.

Never mind - found a solution. I clicked the padlock in the bottom status bar and that kept it the way I wanted it.

Thanks.

Using the format lock (padlock) isn’t the best way if your aim is to set up how things look by default. It’s for overriding your defaults when you want to.

Have you read the FAQ about this? It’s at the too of the Opus FAQs menu, at the top of this page.

Have you tried reverting folders that aren't using the defaults to default?

krisjohn / Leo,

I unlocked both panes and then followed the instructions in the FAQ. Under Folder - Folder Options, I only have four folders selected: Filename, Size, Type and Date & Time. I've saved this.

But after a close and reopen of DO, the left hand pane is still opening with two additional folders - Status and Availability. I can't see either of these under Folder - Folder Formats so I am not sure if something else should be unchecked.

OK, so I've now unchecked Synchronise and OneDrive and the folders have disappeared. This is not entirely intuitive but it looks like I am back where I want to be and the padlocks are unlocked.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

By default, those columns are added to cloud folders, in addition to your normal columns, as we feel the extra information is essential in that type of folder, and it’s also what File Explorer does for them.

If we didn’t do that, most people would have to work out (or ask us) how to do it manually, or they’d complain the information was missing.

By the way, please link your account.

Thanks Leo.

I assumed the link in my posts was to request direct support. I've just linked my account.

Thanks for the additional information about the folders.