Selectable flattening hierarchical file browser
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to hierarchical tree file browsers and provide a method, system and computer program product for selectably flattening a hierarchical tree object structure in a hierarchical tree object browser. In one embodiment of the invention, a method of flattening an object hierarchy in an object browser can be provided. The method can include selecting a node in an object hierarchy in an object browser and, responsive to selecting the node, displaying content for the selected node and content for at least one node below the selected node in the object browser.
1. A method of flattening an object hierarchy in an object browser, the method comprising:
displaying an object system browser in memory of a computer;
providing a singular option configured for toggling between (1) a display of files and containers of files of all nodes below a selected node and (2) a display of only files and containers in a selected node;
selecting a node in an object hierarchy displayed in the-object system browser; and,
responsive to selecting the node, displaying files and containers of files for the selected node and also all files and containers for all nodes below the selected node in the object system browser if the singular option is toggled to display files and containers of files of all nodes below a selected node, but otherwise displaying files and containers of files for only the selected node if the singular option is toggled to display only files and containers in a selected node.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
additionally providing an option to toggle a suppression or display of containers of files for all displayed nodes; and,
subsequent to loading containers for display in the object system browser responsive to the selection of the node, removing all containers loaded for display in the object system browser.
3. A method of flattening an object hierarchy in an object browser, the method comprising:
displaying an object system browser in memory of a computer;
providing a singular option configured for toggling between (1) a suppression and (2) display of containers of files for all displayed nodes;
selecting a node in an object hierarchy in an object system browser; and,
responsive to selecting the node, displaying content for the selected node and content for at least one node below the selected node in the object system browser, wherein displaying content for the selected node and content for at least one node below the selected node in the object browser, comprises:
determining if the singular option configured for toggling between the suppression or display of the containers of files has been toggled to suppress a display of containers of files;
if it is determined that the singular option has been toggled for suppression, displaying only files for the selected node and only files for at least one node below the selected node in the object browser, whilst suppressing from view containers for the selected node and containers for the at least one node below the selected node; and,
otherwise displaying both files and containers for the selected node and files and containers for at least one node below the selected node in the object browser.