"List View" on the Desktop?

[gevorg]

Is it possible to have a "List view" on the desktop, just like in other windows folders?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[execine]

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~wingdog/arc/autosmall31e.zip


google, my friend 🙂

 

[CTho9305]

We're supposed to run some random .zip file with no web page describing what it is?

 

[Markbnj]

I took the dive for you guys. Call me a hero. Here's the readme from the zip:

Title: AutoSmall(Ver.3.1)(2003/05/30)
Description: AutoSmall is a Desktop-icon-stylechanger.
It counts the number of Desktop-icons and when the number is over the settled one,then
It changes Desktop-icon-Style to small-icon.

Author : Yasushi Sasaki
catncat@anet.ne.jp
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~wingdog/

I'm not sure this is what the OP wants. But then I am not sure what the OP wants.

 

[xtknight]

Some features of Active Desktop may let you do that.

"List view" is the name of the MS Common Controls component used for folder views (small icons, large icons, 'details', etc). I assume he wants a border-less Windows Explorer integrated into his desktop.

Actually, Windows has something like it already. Right click on your taskbar and create a new toolbar. Make sure the toolbar is 'unlocked', then drag the chevron onto your desktop. Right click and choose View->Large Icons and it's very similar to Explorer.

 

[Markbnj]

It's actually a Treeview control on the left, and a Listview-derived control on the right. I thought about Active Desktop. What you can do through the provided interface is point the desktop at a web page, or a snippet of html. I assume you can author and store that page locally, which means you should be able to embed objects in it using the <object> tag. Explorer doesn't provide a drop-in control for app use, but there are some third party controls out there that do. You could use a combination of a listview and treeview (in the common controls library) and use some javascript to knit them together.