The Exontrol eXFolderView component offers a folder list view that closely resembles the left pane of Windows Explorer. It allows you to easily display a folder hierarchy to users with customizable features like checkboxes, buttons, and separator lines between folders. Designed to work seamlessly with Exontrol’s eXShellView, eXFolderView can be part of applications providing full or limited Explorer-like functionality. It also includes a comprehensive set of events, giving you full control over user interactions such as selecting and clicking folders. Additionally, eXFolderView exposes a Folders collection containing Folder objects with useful properties like PathName, ShareName, and DisplayName.

^note The eXShellView and eXFolderView controls bring full Windows Explorer functionality - with the same appearance and behavior as the native Explorer - directly into your forms. The key difference between eXFileView and these controls is that eXFileView allows you to customize groups of files or folders with specific colors, fonts, or icons. In contrast, eXShellView and eXFolderView leverage the Windows system itself to create the views, ensuring the look and feel exactly match what you experience in Windows Explorer.

Features include:

1. File System Integration

• Allows browsing and navigating the shell namespace (My Computer, Desktop, folders, etc.)
• Can explore and display the file system structure
• Supports both files and folders view
• Automatically updates when the contents of a folder change (shell notifications)

2. User Interaction

• Supports drag and drop (including OLE drag and drop)
• Supports context menus similar to Windows Explorer
• Supports multiple item selection
• Incremental search support
• Mouse and keyboard navigation

3. Customization & Appearance

• Skinnable interface support (ability to apply a skin to any background part)
• Supports custom views with thumbnails, tiles, icons, list, and details
• Ability to assign different icons or overlay icons to folders/files
• Customizable background and item appearance

4. Integration & Extensibility

• Can be used as a drop-in replacement for standard Shell controls
• Exposes properties and methods to customize and control behavior
• Can be embedded in other components (like tree views, split views)

5. Performance & Behavior

• High-performance file system browsing
• Efficient and fast directory enumeration
• Supports filtering of file types or folder names
  

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