File Browser

The File Browser is used to view and monitor the status of elements located in AccuRev streams. You can have any number of File Browser tabs open concurrently in the Web UI, each one displaying the contents of a different stream.

The Web UI displays only data stored on the AccuRev Server. Only AccuRev-controlled elements, members of the current AccuRev stream, appear in the File Browser. This means, for example, that files with status (external) are not visible, even if the user opens a workspace located on his local machine. See File Statuses for more information.

Each open stream appears in a separate File Browser tab. If you open a stream, its tab becomes active.

When a File Browser tab opens, the root of the current stream is shown in the Folders pane (see Folders Pane). From there you can navigate to a location of interest. The Details pane (see Details Pane) displays the contents of a particular directory (folder) selected in the Folders pane, or the results of an AccuRev search that you've selected from the Search list. The Streams pane (see Code Review) displays a hierarchy of all the children of the stream displayed in the File Browser.

The File Browser display is sorted at each hierarchical level as follows:

• Workspaces, in alphabetical order.
• Dynamic and pass-through streams in alphabetical order (capitalized stream names appear before of non-capitalized stream names).
• Dynamic streams and snapshots, which have basis times, ordered by basis time (most recent first).