File Browser
In addition to the convenient views provided by the Files Sidebar and
Remote Sidebar, Nova also features a type of tab called a File Browser. File Browser tabs provide a more detailed view into both your local and remote files, and enables easy transfers between your Mac and remote servers.
Nova’s File Browser is built on the foundation of our award-winning file transfer client, Transmit. File Browser tabs are divided into two columns, which show a local view on the left and remote view on the right by default, but can be configured to display two local or two remote views, or collapsed into a single expanded view.
Files can be dragged and dropped between each column to easily transfer files to your chosen location. Each view can be customized with a variety of view options. You can open a File Browser tab from the 
New Tab button in the toolbar, or from the File menu > New > File Browser.
Connecting to Servers
There are two ways to enter a server to connect to:
Servers List
Select a saved Server that you’ve configured in Nova. Nova will automatically use your saved credentials.
Quick Connect
Select Quick Connect to directly enter the address and credentials for a server you wish to connect to, without having that info saved in Nova.
Navigation
By default, File Browser tabs are divided into two columns. The left column displays your local files, starting in your project’s root directory. In workspaces not linked to a project, this column will instead default to your home (~/) directory. After selecting a server to connect to, the right column will display your remote files starting in the Remote Path chosen for the server.
Path Bar
Along the top of each column, you’ll find the Path Bar.
This displays the path of the current directory being displayed in that column, including parent directories. Click the current directory to open a drop-down menu listing all its parent directories, including any ancestors higher-up in the filesystem than the Path Bar is currently displaying. This allows you to quickly navigate up to any parent directory of the current location.
On the left side of the Path Bar is an icon indicating whether this column is displaying local or remote files. In addition, this icon acts as a control to toggle between local and remote views. For instance, while the File Browser defaults to a local column and a remote column, you may want to browse two remote servers, or two local directories. The icon for this control will change depending on the current context:
Local View
- Indicates the column is displaying local files. Click to toggle to viewing remote files.
Remote View
- Indicates the column is set to display remote files, but is not yet connected to a server. Click to toggle to viewing local files.
Eject
- Indicates the column is displaying remote files and is connected to a remote server. Click to disconnect from the server.
On the right end of the Path Bar, you’ll find a button to configure View Options, which are documented in more detail below.
Interacting with Files
File Browsers broadly support the same actions supported by the Files Sidebar and Remote Sidebar. You can create, rename, or delete files and folders, transfer files between locations, use Get Info to manage permissions, and so on. As such, we recommend consulting the articles for those interfaces for more details on supported actions.
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View Options
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Click the These options allow you to switch between view modes, change how files are sorted, show hidden files, and more. The exact options available will vary depending on the chosen view mode. In the top-right corner, you can switch between one or two column views. When switching to one-column mode, the column used to open the View Options menu will expand to fill the viewport. |
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View Modes
There are four main view modes available in the File Browser:
Grid View
- Display each file as an icon in a grid.
List View
- Display files in a vertical list. Additional columns can be shown to display metadata such as file size or modification date. Click a column’s header to sort the list by that column’s data. Click a column twice to toggle between ascending or descending order.
Column View
- Each folder in the filesystem hierarchy up to the current folder will be displayed as a column in a horizontally-scrolling view. Each child folder selected will display as a new column to the right of existing columns.
Gallery View
- A large, scrollable gallery of files will be displayed at the top of the column. Below that is a file list that acts the same as
List View. The gallery will automatically scroll to display the selected file in the list.
Available Options
Depending on the selected View Mode, different View Options will be available.
Grid Mode
- Light/Dark Mode
- Choose whether to use a light or dark background.
- Icon Size
- Adjust the slider to change the size of icons in the grid. Smaller icons allow for more visible files on each grid row.
- Sort By
- Order the files shown by name, kind, date modified, or size.
List View and Gallery View
- Show Columns
- List View always displays a name column showing the names of each file, but you can also enable additional columns for displaying size, date, kind, owner, group, and permissions. Each column also supports sorting the list by their respective data. Check the box next to each column you’d like shown.
- Show Row Colors
- When enabled, each row in the list will alternate between a lighter and darker background, which may increase readability.
Column View
- Sort By
- Order the files shown by name, kind, date modified, or size.
All View Modes
- Show hidden files
- Toggle visibility of hidden files such as dotfiles or system files.
- Folders above files
- When enabled, folders will be grouped together first in the list of files.
- Use relative dates
- When enabled, recent modification dates will be shown as relative to the current date (such as “Yesterday” or “Today”). Otherwise, dates will always be shown as their exact date.
- Show file count
- When enabled, the number of files in the current folder will be displayed in the column’s Path Bar.
- Text Size
- Adjust the font size used for displaying file names.
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