Section 3. Navigating Around Your Xclef
This section describes the major functional areas of a typical Cyclef Explorer window, the top-level folders, and the Configuration dialog for Cyclef.
3.1.1 Major Functional Areas
The screenshot below shows a typical Cyclef Explorer window.
- Toolbar
To the standard Windows Explorer toolbar, Cyclef adds a few buttons of it own:
- Configuration - Opens the Configuration dialog box with various Cyclef Explorer settings and options.
- Help - Launches your web browser to the Support section of our website.
- Logs and Reports - Access the CyclefSQL Reports feature and diagnostics logs for various Cyclef operations.
- Synchro - Runs the Cyclef Synchro feature.
For blind users, the button toolbar may be inconvenient, so we've duplicated all the toolbar button functions in a context menu that can be invoked by holding down the "Control" key and hitting the "Context Menu" key on your keyboard (next to the "Windows" key).
- Left Pane Folder Tree
The left pane of Windows Explorer shows the folder structure of the filesystem while the right pane shows the contents of each folder. Likewise, when browsing a Xclef device in Cyclef Explorer the left pane shows the content and functional structure of your device while the right pane shows the contents of the currently selected folder. In some rare instances, the left pane of Windows Explorer may not keep up with changes you make using Cyclef. When this happens, just right-click on any left pane folder and choose the "Rebuild Left Pane Tree" command, or just close and re-open the Cyclef window. The left pane of Windows Explorer can be alternately shown and hidden using the "Folders" button in the toolbar. Finally, after some types of tag edit operations, the left pane folder tree will need to be rebuilt. If this rebuild causes you to lose your place in terms of what folder you were in, just click the "Back" button in the Explorer toolbar to return.
- Right Pane View
The right pane displays the contents of the currently selected folder. You can open a folder either by single-clicking it in the left pane or double-clicking it in the right pane. When a particular folder is open in the right pane, right-clicking anywhere in the blank area (as opposed to on a particular item in the folder) will bring up a context menu of options for the whole folder. Right-clicking on a particular item will bring up a context menu for just that item. Every folder has at least the "Refresh" item in its context menu, which refreshes the contents of that folder view.
- Status Bar
The status bar displays additional folder or selection information. In Cyclef Explorer, it typically displays the number of items and total size of those items in the current folder. If items in the right pane are selected, the status bar will display the same information about the selected items. Note that in Windows XP, Microsoft has decided to turn the status bar off by default, so you will have to turn it back on. To do this, choose "View" in the menu bar and select "Status Bar".
3.1.2 Deleting Items
Various items inside Cyclef Explorer can be deleted, such as files, playlists, etc. There are two ways to delete items. First, you can select an item in the right pane, and then hit the "Delete" key on your keyboard. Or, you can right-click on an item and select "Delete" from the context menu.
If you try to delete an item that cannot be deleted, or doesn't make sense to delete, Cyclef won't let you.
To open the Cyclef Explorer configuration dialog, click on the 
in the toolbar. This dialog gives you access to all of Cyclef's configuration options and settings.
The dialog is divided into tabs. The first tab is "About". It displays what version of Cyclef Explorer you have installed. You can compare the number reported here to the number reported by the Cyclef Manager menu item "About Cyclef Manager". If they are the same then you know that your installation is complete and you don't have a version mismatch. The "About" tab also contains a clickable link to our website and a button that brings up information about the driver used for your device.
The other tabs are function-specific and are discussed in detail in other sections.
3.3 Top-Level Folders
This section describes the top-level folders that appear in Cyclef Explorer.
3.3.1 Xclef
- Audio Tracks: Sorted view of all the music tracks stored on your Xclef.
- Data Files: List of the non-music data files stored on your Xclef.
- Search: Find music files on your Xclef using various criteria.
- Playlists: Contains all of the playlists on-board your Xclef.
- Artists: Alphabetized list of all the artists found in your Xclef music collection. Under each artist are the albums by that artist, and inside those are actual music tracks.
- Albums: Alphabetized list of all albums found on your Xclef. The sort is by album name only, and there is no organization by artist in this folder.
- Genres: Alphabetized list of all genres found among your Xclef music tracks.
- Last Transfer: List of all music files added to your Xclef during the last transfer. Convenient for making playlists out of the files you just transferred.
- Device Information: Reports information about your Xclef device including model name, hardware and firmware versions (if applicable), owner name (if applicable), and the various Cyclef functional groups supported for this device.
The Cyclef OmniTome 