Interface Areas

3DDrive has a few specific interface concepts that you should be familiar with.

Specific interface elements are numbered in the image below, and described in the table that follows.

TreeLeft PaneBreadcrumbContext MenuRight PaneToolbarInformation Pane
Left Pane Displays the list of drives. By default, the left pane is opened.

Click to hide or show the left pane.

If you have resized the widget under a certain size or you use a small device, Click to close the left pane instead.

Click and hold to resize the pane horizontally.

If any of the tree items' name is too long to be completely displayed, its name is truncated by an ellipsis . Hover your mouse over its name to display the complete name.

Tree Lets you navigate the following:
  • My Files: the list of your own folders.

    Click the arrow in front of a folder to display the child folders.

    Click a folder name to display its content in the right pane.

  • Shared with me. The list of folders shared with me.
  • Recent Files. The latest 100 files that have been recently created, modified, updated, opened or restored.
  • Trash. The list of deleted content.
Breadcrumb Lets you:
  • navigate through folders.
  • Access the context menu of the selected folder.

Click a folder's name to access its content.

Right Pane If any, displays the folders and files stored in the current folder.

Click a folder or a file to select it.

Double-click a folder to open it or a file to open or play it.

You can drop files or folders into this section to upload them.

Context Menu Depending on the selected content, lets you access the complete list of commands.

For more information, see Context Menus.

Toolbar Depending on the selected content, lets you access a list of responsive commands.

For more information, see App Toolbar.

Information Pane Lets you access the following:
  • Properties.The details of the selected folder or file.

    Important: This section lets you know who is the owner, and the creator of the selected content.

    The name of the creator also appears in the content itself whatever the view you have selected, ,List , Thumbnails or Tiles , on the app toolbar.

    Content ownership is taken into account when a notification is sent based upon someone interacting with your content.

  • History. If you have updated a file, it displays the file versions history.

    For more information, see Update a File, and Restore a File Version.

  • Copy Link. Click it to copy a link of your content to your clipboard. This link can be used to share a shorcut to the selected content with people who already have access to the given content.
  • Accesses. If any, the list of members, and groups that can access the selected folder or file. For more information, see Share a Folder, and Share a File.
  • Access by Link. Lets you:
    • Activate external sharing by link. Select this option to activate the Copy Link command below, and share your content with anyone using a link.
    • Copy Link. Click it to copy a link of your content to your clipboard. This link can be used to share a shorcut to the selected content with external users. For more information, see Share a Folder by Link with External Users and Share a File by Link with External Users.
    • Restrict Access to specific users. Select this option to restrict content acces to a limited list of external users. If any, displays the list of users emails with whom you have shared the selected content.

      Click Add Restrictions, and enter up to 50 user's emails.

      To remove a user, click Context Menu > Remove.

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  • Comments. Lets you like , unlike or comment content.

    Click Reply to answer someone's comment or reply. Comments are structured in two levels, the comment itself, and the replies provided to it. If there are more than one reply to a comment, click Show replies to display the complete list. Click Hide replies to hide the list. If you reply to someone's reply, the @username of the person to whom you reply is automatically added to your own reply.

Click or to close the right pane.