Folder Browser

These attributes influence the display behavior, including refresh behavior and dialogs, of the folder browser.

Preview Panes

[Settings]PreviewImageForPagelessPDFs

Set this to FALSE to avoid showing a blank Preview Pane when the user switches the Preview Pane to display a PDF without Laserfiche pages. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]PreviewPaneSplitPosition

Determines the default width (in pixels) of the Preview Pane. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[Settings]ShowPreviewPane

This attribute is used only when [Settings]RememberLeftPane is TRUE. It specifies whether the Preview Pane is displayed by default. This attribute applies to the Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]DocPreviewAnnotationPane

When TRUE, the button to the Annotations Pane is enabled in the Preview Pane's toolbar. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]DocPreviewMetadataPane

When TRUE, the button to the Metadata Pane is enabled in the Preview Pane's toolbar. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]DocPreviewTextPane

When TRUE, the button to the Text Pane is enabled in the Preview Pane's toolbar. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]DocPreviewThumbnailPane

When TRUE, the button to the thumbnail pane is enabled in the Preview Pane's toolbar. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]DocPreviewToolbar

Specifies the buttons available in the Preview Pane toolbar. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

Other Panes

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataPane

Determines whether to show the metadata pane by default in the web client folder browser.

Valid values:

  • True/False

[Settings]RememberLeftPane

If TRUE, whenever a new folder browser window is opened, it will display the same panes that were active when the folder browser was last closed. If FALSE, the default layout for all new folder browser windows will include the folder and contents panes. This is the same setting toggled by Save pane layout in Tools → Options → Browser → Settings.

This attribute applies only to the Windows client. For the analogous setting in the web client, see [WebAccess]savedPaneSettings.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[WebAccess]savedPaneSettings

Determines whether the pane layout last used in the web client's folder browser is saved for the user's next session in the web client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]InitialView

If [Settings]RememberLeftPane is TRUE, this specifies what view to show in the left pane when starting the Windows client.

Valid values:

  • Integers. 0 = None, 1 = Folder Tree, 3 = Search View.

Default value: 1

Note: The value of this attribute can change when the user closes or opens certain panes. For example, if a search pane is open and the user closes it, the value of [Settings]InitialView will change from 3 to another number. If you want the search pane to appear on the user's next initial view of the client , you will have to set [Settings]InitialView for that user back to 3.

[WebAccess]PropertyNamePaneWidth

These attributes determine the widths of the panes in the web client folder browser. [WebAccess]LeftPaneWidth is an example of such an attribute. We recommend configuring these attributes using the graphical interface for one user, then exporting them to all other users.

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataPaneTabletView

If TRUE, the metadata pane in the web client will be adapted to a tablet view if the viewing device is detected to be neither a phone nor a computer.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]FolderSplitPosition

Specifies the width of the folder pane in the Windows client folder browser.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[WebAccess]Layout-FolderBrowserPropertyName

These attributes determine the display properties of the panes in the web client folder browser. [WebAccess]Layout-FolderBrowserMetadataSelected is an example of such an attribute. We recommend configuring these attributes using the graphical interface for one user, then exporting them to all other users.

[WebAccess]FBShowFeature

These are a series of attributes that begin with [WebAccess]FBShow, followed by the feature name. [WebAccess]FBShowPropertiesView is one example. They determine the display properties of the web client folder browser.

Valid values:

  • Manually altering the value of this attribute is not recommended. We recommend configuring the desired value in the Laserfiche web client, then exporting and importing it to share it between users.

Toolbar Settings

[Toolbars]Property

These properties determine the appearance of the toolbar in the Windows client folder browser. For example, [Toolbars]BigButtons tells the Windows client to use larger toolbar buttons. Does not apply to the web client.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[WebAccess]ToolsetFolderBrowser

Specifies the toolbar buttons in the web client folder browser in XML format.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

Refreshing

[Options]NotificationDelay

Determines the time gap (in milliseconds) between the client receiving a notification and the folder browser refreshing. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers

Default value: 2000

[Options]NotificationListener

Determines whether the folder browser in the Windows client will automatically refresh after receiving a notification. See [Settings]NotificationListener for the same setting in the web client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]NotificationListener

Determines whether the web client folder browser will automatically refresh after receiving a notification. See [Options]NotificationListener for the same setting in the Windows client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Options]NotificationPathChange

Determines whether folders will be automatically refreshed after a create, delete, move, or rename operation. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Options]NotificationTimeout

Determines the minimum time (in milliseconds) the folder browser has to wait after the last refresh before refreshing again. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers

Default value: 10000

[Options]NotificationUnlock

Determines whether folders will be automatically refreshed after an unlock operation. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]AutoRefreshListImport

Determines whether to refresh folders after importing files using a list file. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]AutoRefreshSearchListing

Determines whether search listings are automatically refreshed when documents are modified outside of the current client process. This is disabled by default for performance reasons. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]RefreshFolderPane

If TRUE, the Windows client folder pane will be automatically refreshed along with the contents pane when changes occur. This is disabled by default for performance reasons. This attribute does not apply to the web client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[WebAccess]AutoRefresh

If FALSE, when another session makes changes to the user's current folder, a green dot appears next to the refresh button to indicate that the a refresh is required to see the changes. If TRUE, the entry listing and folder trees are refreshed when changes happen without the user having to do anything. This applies to the web client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]RestoreSelectionsLimit

After a user carries out actions on documents (e.g. renaming, re-ordering pages) or sorts columns, the selected documents are not remembered after the action is done and the folder browser scrolls back to the very first document in the folder if the folder contains more than 1000 entries. This also applies to search results. To disable this behavior, set [Settings]RestoreSelectionsLimit to an appropriately large number, e.g. 10000.

Note: Laserfiche sets the default 1000 entry limit for performance reasons. Be aware that raising the limit may result in slow performance.

This attribute applies only to the Windows client.

Valid values:

  • Integers

Default value: 1000

[WebAccess]FolderNotifications

Determines whether to watch folders for changes in the web client. If this is TRUE, then the attribute [WebAccess]AutoRefresh determines what happens to the display when a folder is changed.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

Columns

[Settings]UniqueFolderColumns

Determines whether changes to the column display will be saved on a per-folder basis, or applied to every folder in the folder tree.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]ColumnGroupedByFoldersAndDocuments

If this is TRUE, entries are grouped according to whether they are folders or documents.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[XmlColumnDisplay]Data

Specifies the column layout settings for the user. The value of this attribute may become too large for the attribute's character limit. If this limit is exceeded, the attribute will split into multiple attributes with numerical indices, following the same format as the [WebAccess]SavedSearches attribute. When importing column layout settings between users, be sure to import all the attributes that begin with [XmlColumnDisplay]Data.

Note: In the web client, the Name column is always the leftmost column regardless of the particular column profile in operation. All features of column profiles except for the position of the Name column can be transferred over from a column profile that is configured in the Windows client.

This attribute also stores the column settings for the recycle bin and search results.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[XmlColumnProfiles]Data

Specifies the user's column profiles for the web client in XML format. The value of this attribute may become too large for the attribute's character limit. If this limit is exceeded, the attribute will split into multiple attributes following the same format as the [WebAccess]SavedSearches attribute. When importing column layout settings between users, be sure to import all the attributes that begin with [XmlColumnProfiles]Data.

Note: In the web client, the Name column is always the leftmost column regardless of the particular column profile in operation. All features of column profiles except for the position of the Name column can be transferred over from a column profile that is configured in the Windows client.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

Folder Trees

[Settings]FolderExpand

Determines whether the folder pane will automatically expand the root folder upon signing in. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. 231 = Automatically expand root folder, any other value = Do not automatically expand root folder.

Default value: 231

[Settings]PopulateFolderTree

Determines whether the root folder will be the root when the user opens new browser windows. If this is FALSE, the current folder will be displayed as the root in the tree. This setting applies only to the Windows client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[WebAccess]TreeAutoExpand

Automatically expands folder trees in the web client contents pane as you click on them. This is the same setting as Expand to current folder in Options → Display.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]DefaultMakeFolderRoot

If this is TRUE, an .lfe shortcut to a folder will open that folder as the root folder in the Windows client. To override this default for selected individual shortcuts, change the makeroot parameter in the shortcut's XML.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

Entry Listing Styles, Icons, and Thumbnails

[Settings]UseDocumentIcons

This is the same setting as Use Laserfiche document icons for electronic documents in Tools → Options → Browser → Settings. It does not apply to the web client.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]DocumentIconType

Determines whether an entry's icon will be assigned a color based on its template or the volume it is in. If the entry has a template that has been assigned a color in the Administration Console, then that color will be used. If not, this attribute determines whether the icon color will be assigned based on the template ID or volume ID. This attribute applies to the Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. 1 = Assign color by template, 2 = Assign color by volume.

Default value: 1

[Settings]EdocThumbnailTypes

Determines the types of files for which a thumbnail icon is enabled. For these files, the folder browser will show thumbnails of the first page of each document in place of standard document icons. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • String in the form of a comma-delimited list of document extensions for which to generate thumbnails for thumbnail icons.

Default value: jpg,jpeg,tif,tiff,gif,png,bmp

[Settings]MaxEdocThumbnailSize

Determines the maximum size (in bytes) that documents of the type listed in [Settings]EdocThumbnailTypes can be in order to have a thumbnail icon generated. Documents larger than this size will not have thumbnail icons generated even if they are listed in [Settings]EdocThumbnailTypes.

This attribute applies to the Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers

Default value: 1048576

[Settings]FolderListStyle

This is the same setting as View in the Windows client folder browser toolbar. It determines how files or folders in the folder browser are represented: as small icons, as large icons, in a list, in a list with details, or as the thumbnails of their first pages. This setting does not apply to the web client.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

Default value: 1 (Details view)

[Settings]FolderListThumbSize

Determines the thumbnail size when [Settings]FolderListStyle is set to the Thumbnails view. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[Settings]BrowserFont

Determines the font used for repository, file, and folder names within the repository. Does not affect the font in the menus or toolbars. Applies to the Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[Settings]TimestampsIncludeSeconds

Determines whether timestamps in the folder browser's entry listings include seconds. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

Viewing Metadata

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataForFocusedEntry

Determines whether the metadata of an entry in the web client folder browser is shown when the entry is focused on in the contents list. Entries under focus are surrounded by a green border. Focus can be changed using the up and down arrow keys.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataForFolderPane

Determines whether the metadata of a folder in the web client folder browser is shown when the folder is selected in the folder pane.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataForSingleSelect

Determines whether the metadata of an entry in the web client folder browser is shown when the entry is selected in the contents list. An entry is selected by selecting the box beside the entry name.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[WebAccess]ShowMetadataForMultiSelect

If TRUE, when multiple entries are selected in the web client, their metadata will be shown. Specifically, if a field appears in all the selected entries and the entries all have the same value for that field, that field will be shown. If the same field appears in all the selected entries but does not have the same value across those entries, the fields will be shown with a note that they have different values.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

Others

[Settings]ShowOpenEDocDlg

If TRUE, adds an item in the menu for viewing a list of open electronic files. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Options]RecursiveFolderStats

If TRUE, calculates folder sizes recursively (i.e. including sizes of subfolders, subfolders of subfolders, and so on) for display in the Folder Properties dialog box. Not available in the web client.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Options]ShowInternalStats

Specifies whether the entry ID will be shown in Entry Properties. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: TRUE

[Settings]LatestVersionsOnly

This attribute is helpful for users who use a link group to link different versions of the same document, especially if they want to run the Link Group Conversion Utility. If TRUE, entry listings containing a link group will show the latest document in a link group and hide the others.

Valid values:

  • TRUE/FALSE

Default value: FALSE

[Settings]InfoDialogTab

Determines the tab that is first displayed to the user when they view the properties of an entry. The last tab that the user viewed is remembered and displayed first when the user next views the properties of an entry.

Valid values:

  • Integers. Set to 6 to hide dialog box. Delete attribute to show dialog box.

[Settings]ListExportFormat

Determines the default format in which security or metadata reports are exported.

Valid values:

  • Manually altering the value of this attribute is not recommended. We recommend configuring the desired value in the Laserfiche web or Windows client by generating a report in your preferred format for a test user, then exporting and importing your test user's attribute to share it between users.

Default behavior: Export as CSV file.

[Settings]MigrateVolume

Determines the default target volume for migrating entries. Applies to the Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • Integers representing ID of target volume

[HiddenDialogs]ConfirmFolderDelete

Determines whether a confirmation dialog box appears when the user attempts to delete a folder. Windows client only.

Valid values:

  • TRUE to hide dialog, FALSE to enable dialog.

Default value: FALSE