A set of flags that specify folder view options. The flags are independent of each other and can be used in any combination.

Syntax

typedef enum FOLDERFLAGS {
    FWF_NONE = 0x00000000,
    FWF_AUTOARRANGE = 0x00000001,
    FWF_ABBREVIATEDNAMES = 0x00000002,
    FWF_SNAPTOGRID = 0x00000004,
    FWF_OWNERDATA = 0x00000008,
    FWF_BESTFITWINDOW = 0x00000010,
    FWF_DESKTOP = 0x00000020,
    FWF_SINGLESEL = 0x00000040,
    FWF_NOSUBFOLDERS = 0x00000080,
    FWF_TRANSPARENT = 0x00000100,
    FWF_NOCLIENTEDGE = 0x00000200,
    FWF_NOSCROLL = 0x00000400,
    FWF_ALIGNLEFT = 0x00000800,
    FWF_NOICONS = 0x00001000,
    FWF_SHOWSELALWAYS = 0x00002000,
    FWF_NOVISIBLE = 0x00004000,
    FWF_SINGLECLICKACTIVATE = 0x00008000,
    FWF_NOWEBVIEW = 0x00010000,
    FWF_HIDEFILENAMES = 0x00020000,
    FWF_CHECKSELECT = 0x00040000,
    FWF_NOENUMREFRESH = 0x00080000,
    FWF_NOGROUPING = 0x00100000,
    FWF_FULLROWSELECT = 0x00200000,
    FWF_NOFILTERS = 0x00400000,
    FWF_NOCOLUMNHEADER = 0x00800000,
    FWF_NOHEADERINALLVIEWS = 0x01000000,
    FWF_EXTENDEDTILES = 0x02000000,
    FWF_TRICHECKSELECT = 0x04000000,
    FWF_AUTOCHECKSELECT = 0x08000000,
    FWF_NOBROWSERVIEWSTATE = 0x10000000,
    FWF_SUBSETGROUPS = 0x20000000,
    FWF_USESEARCHFOLDER = 0x40000000,
    FWF_ALLOWRTLREADING = 0x80000000
} FOLDERFLAGS;

Constants

FWF_NONE  

0x00000000. Windows 7 and later. No special view options.

FWF_AUTOARRANGE

0x00000001. Automatically arrange the elements in the view. This implies LVS_AUTOARRANGE if the list view control is used to implement the view.

FWF_ABBREVIATEDNAMES

0x00000002. Not supported.

FWF_SNAPTOGRID

0x00000004. Not supported.

FWF_OWNERDATA

0x00000008. Not supported.

FWF_BESTFITWINDOW

0x00000010. Not supported.

FWF_DESKTOP

0x00000020. Make the folder behave like the desktop. This value applies only to the desktop view and is not used for typical Shell folders. This flag implies FWF_NOCLIENTEDGE and FWF_NOSCROLL.

FWF_SINGLESEL

0x00000040. Do not allow more than a single item to be selected. This is used in the common dialog boxes.

FWF_NOSUBFOLDERS

0x00000080. Do not show subfolders.

FWF_TRANSPARENT

0x00000100. Draw transparently. This is used only for the desktop.

FWF_NOCLIENTEDGE

0x00000200. Not supported.

FWF_NOSCROLL

0x00000400. Do not add scroll bars. This is used only for the desktop.

FWF_ALIGNLEFT

0x00000800. The view should be left-aligned. This implies LVS_ALIGNLEFT if the list view control is used to implement the view.

FWF_NOICONS

0x00001000. The view should not display icons.

FWF_SHOWSELALWAYS

0x00002000. This flag is deprecated as of Windows XP and has no effect. Always show the selection.

FWF_NOVISIBLE

0x00004000. Not supported.

FWF_SINGLECLICKACTIVATE

0x00008000. Not supported.

FWF_NOWEBVIEW

0x00010000. The view should not be shown as a Web view.

FWF_HIDEFILENAMES

0x00020000. The view should not display file names.

FWF_CHECKSELECT

0x00040000. Turns on the check mode for the view.

FWF_NOENUMREFRESH

0x00080000. Windows Vista and later. Do not re-enumerate the view (or drop the current contents of the view) when the view is refreshed.

FWF_NOGROUPING

0x00100000. Windows Vista and later. Do not allow grouping in the view

FWF_FULLROWSELECT

0x00200000. Windows Vista and later. When an item is selected, the item and all its sub-items are highlighted.

FWF_NOFILTERS

0x00400000. Windows Vista and later. Do not display filters in the view.

FWF_NOCOLUMNHEADER

0x00800000. Windows Vista and later. Do not display a column header in the view in any view mode.

FWF_NOHEADERINALLVIEWS

0x01000000. Windows Vista and later. Only show the column header in details view mode.

FWF_EXTENDEDTILES

0x02000000. Windows Vista and later. When the view is in "tile view mode" the layout of a single item should be extended to the width of the view.

FWF_TRICHECKSELECT

0x04000000. Windows Vista and later. Not supported.

FWF_AUTOCHECKSELECT

0x08000000. Windows Vista and later. Items can be selected using checkboxes.

FWF_NOBROWSERVIEWSTATE

0x10000000. Windows Vista and later. The view should not save view state in the browser.

FWF_SUBSETGROUPS

0x20000000. Windows Vista and later. The view should list the number of items displayed in each group. To be used with IFolderView2::SetGroupSubsetCount.

FWF_USESEARCHFOLDER

0x40000000. Windows Vista and later. Use the search folder for stacking and searching.

FWF_ALLOWRTLREADING

(int)0x80000000. Windows Vista and later. Ensure right-to-left reading layout in a right-to-left system. Without this flag, the view displays strings from left-to-right both on systems set to left-to-right and right-to-left reading layout, which ensures that file names display correctly.

Enumerated Type Information

Header and IDL files	shobjidl.h, shobjidl.idl
Minimum operating systems	Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows 7