Issue: Cannot set Library grouping

[PaulCoddington]

Windows 11 22H2

When multiple locations are added to Libraries, a Library will by default group by those locations.

Using WinSetView to customise columns removes that grouping and appears to have no means by which to add it back.

Sometimes it is useful to blend two drives together seamlessly, sometimes it is better to keep them separate. The latter use case seems unsupported at this time.

This problem is further compounded by Sort menu in Explorer having no grouping option for Libraries either.

[LesFerch]

You can set the grouping for any folder, including Libraries, by clicking the Columns button. In the manual, scroll down to (⮬) (Group by) for details. If you group a folder by Folder path, it will be almost the same as the Windows Libraries default. That is, it will show the folder name, followed by the folder's path, on the same line. Windows shows those items on two separate lines in Libraries.

On my Windows 11 computer, in a library folder, I have Group by options under the Sort menu and by right-clicking in the white space. Also, under right-click is an Arrange by menu, which is set to Folder by default and is related to the two-line folder path headings.

If you change Group by to (None), Arrange by remains set to Folder, but there are no more headings. To get back to the original two-line folder grouping headings, select Clear changes from the Arrange by menu.

I'll look into whether I can possibly add any Arrange by settings to WinSetView. In the meantime, I recommend setting Group by to Folder path for your Libraries.

[LesFerch]

I'm closing this issue, since the grouping default can be set for libraries.

[PaulCoddington]

If you group a folder by Folder path, it will be almost the same as the Windows Libraries default.

My libraries contain folders sourced from different drives, so the default grouping is by drive.

So, default grouping for my Documents library looks like:

Documents (C:) subfolder1 ... Documents (D:) subfolder2 ... Documents (OneDrive) subfolder3 ...

While group by folder scrambles C, D and OneDrive together:

subfolder1 subfolder2 subfolder3 ...

[LesFerch]

I cannot replicate that behavior. I put the same folder structure on three drives (C, E, and Q) and added those three folders to my Pictures library. I then tested group by folder path and group by folder. Both options kept the drives contents under separate headings.

Here's a screenshot of the default arrangement:

Here's a screenshot of group by folder path:

Here's a screenshot of group by folder: