> I believe types can specify which columns to display by default; Indeed, the default view (table/list/custom) can be specified, and for the view the default

> I believe types can specify which columns to display by default; Indeed, the default view (table/list/custom) can be specified, and for the view the default properties can be specified. Consider how 'ls' produces a sequence of FileSystemInfo objects (when run against a disk file system). The view specifies that the list be grouped by "parent". On the terminal this gives a nice list a la: Directory: C:\Dell\Drivers\T7MFF\PhysX\files\Engine\v2.8.0 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 362232 NxCooking.dll -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 5520120 PhysXCore.dll Directory: C:\Dell\Drivers\T7MFF\PhysX\files\Engine\v2.8.1 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 363256 NxCooking.dll -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 5823736 PhysXCore.dll Directory: C:\Dell\Drivers\T7MFF\PhysX\files\Engine\v2.8.3 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 339192 PhysXCooking.dll -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 412408 PhysXCooking64.dll -a---- 12-12-2014 07:42 5952248 PhysXCore64.dll However, the underlying stream is still just a continous stream of FileSystemInfo's. It is the terminal display format definition that causes it formatting to break and write a directory heading whenever the next item has a different parent from the previous one.