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SetFNDocsOctober 27, 2026

Configuring Folder View Options

You can set how files are displayed and how they are sorted separately for each folder. For example, show a folder with many documents as a list, a photo folder as a gallery, and a folder used for notices or open discussion as a board. This document describes the items you can set on the View Options tab of Folder Settings.

Before you begin

  • Only an administrator or the person who created the folder can change folder settings. When another user opens them, the message Only the creator can set this. appears and the Update button is disabled.
  • Only an administrator can change the settings of the top-level (root) folder of the team folder.

Open the folder settings

  1. Open the folder you want to configure.
  2. Select the gear icon (File view options) next to the folder name.
  3. When the Folder Settings window opens, check the View Options tab. This tab is selected when you first open the window.

Folder settings icon

View Options tab of Folder Settings

Select a view mode

Select a view mode from the Switch view dropdown. The choices are divided into three groups.

GroupView modeDescription
File listListShows file names, sizes, and modified times in a table. This is the default.
File listTilesAlso shows small previews of images and videos.
File listGalleryShows mainly large previews. Suited to folders of photos or design files.
Web pageWeb page (index.html)Shows the index.html in the folder as a web page instead of the file list.
Web pageList + web previewShows index.html below the file list, like a README.
BoardBoard (List)Shows post titles, authors, posted dates, and view counts in a table.
BoardBoard (Feed)Shows cards with a body preview, reactions, and comments.
BoardBoard (Gallery)Shows the title and the beginning of the body in a card grid, and image posts use the image as the cover.

For how to prepare and use the web page view, see Folder Web View. For how to use a board, see Using a Folder as a Board.

Quick switch buttons

Use the Board and Web page buttons to the right of the Switch view heading to apply a frequently used view mode in one step.

  • Board: Changes the view mode to Board (List) and sets sorting to Created and Descending. If the allowed extensions are empty, it fills in the Markdown and image extensions automatically and turns on Only authors can edit or delete on the File rules tab. If the folder is already a board, nothing changes.
  • Web page: Changes only the view mode, to Web page (index.html).

If you switch back to another view mode before you select Update, the values you did not change yourself return to their original state.

View Options tab with a board selected

Display options

ItemDescription
Hide dotfilesWhen turned on, files and folders whose names start with . are excluded from the list and from search.
Set exact date formatWhen turned on, the modified time in the file list is shown in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format instead of n minutes ago. It does not apply to the posted date shown on a board.

Both options are off by default.

Set the sort criterion

Under Sort by, select one of Name, Created, Last modified, or Size. Under Sort order, select Ascending or Descending. The default is Name and Ascending. When you switch to a board view, it changes to Created and Descending.

Apply the settings

Select Update to save the settings immediately and switch the folder screen to the new view mode. If you select Close, your changes are not saved.

Good to Know

  • View options are set separately for each folder. They are not applied to subfolders automatically.
  • Folder settings apply in the same way to every user who accesses the folder.
  • A blue dot next to a tab name in the Folder Settings window means that the tab has configured values. The View Options tab shows the dot when the view mode is not List, a display option is turned on, or the sorting is not Name and Ascending.