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The view's Display panel

The Display panel in the view's drawer enables you to change how the view is drawn. You can choose from various file coloring options:

Next to that, you can also select on of the various color palette that is provided with the application. Just pick one that you suits your taste.

You can also configure a mask. When you use a mask, only certain files are shown. Files that are masked, on the other hand, still take up space but are not drawn. Masking can be useful for quickly identifying certain (types of) files, and can also be useful step before applying a filter. Press the Edit button to start editing the mask.

By default, the view only shows the files that have been scanned (or a subset thereof). However, you can choose to show the entire volume. By enabling this setting, the view also shows the free space and the miscellaneous used space. Note, if the total size of the scanned files is small compared to the size of the overall volume then the view will not be very interesting. In this case, you are better off disabling the "Show entire volume" setting again. Alternatively, you can scan the folder at the root of the volume, if you had not already done so.