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The central part of Desktop can contain multiple tabs, each showing a different folder. Folder navigation works for each tab independently.
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There is a drop-down menu available at the right edge of the tab bar showing the actual list of open tabs. This menu can significantly ease the tab navigation if there is a large number of tabs open in a given Desktop window.
Reaching folders and files outside the Metview folder hierarchy
Metview's "home" folder is $HOME/metview (unless changed by using the -u command-line start-up option). To reach files outside of this folder and its sub-folders, you must create links to those files. Do this by right-clicking on an empty part of the Metview desktop and select Create New… Link to File or Create New… Link to Folder. The link will appear with italicised text. When the mouse cursor hovers over the link icon, the status bar shows the path to the real file or folder.
Folder navigation
Folder navigation is based on the Back, Forward and Up arrows and on the breadcrumbs, which are all located in the toolbar. The breadcrumbs consist of the Home icon and the folder hierarchy to the right of it, including the arrows in-between them.
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