This section describes general aspects of the LDAP Browser view.
The following icons can appear in the LDAP Browser view:
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
| The top-level category containing the directory information tree. |
| Entry, the icon depends on its RDN attribute. |
| Alias or referral entry. |
| The schema entry. |
| The root DSE entry. |
| A container for folded entries. |
| The top-level category containing persistent searches. |
| A search. |
| The top-level category containing bookmarks. |
| A Bookmark. |
The toolbar contains the following items:
| Icon | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Collapse All | Collapses the whole tree, only the three top-level categories remain visible. |
| Refresh | Refreshes the selected objects |
The drop down menu contains the following items:
Sorting...: Opens the Sort Dialog .
Show DIT: Shows the DIT category.
Show Searches: Shows the Searches category.
Show Bookmarks: Shows the Bookmarks category.
Show Directory Metadata: Shows the directory metadata entries (e.g. the root DSE or the schema entry) inside the DIT category.
Preferences...: Opens the LDAP Browser preferences dialog.
With the sort dialog you can set the sorting behaviour of the LDAP Browser view.
| Field | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Leaf entries first | If enabled, entries without children are grouped before the entries with children. | on |
| Meta entries last | If enabled, meta entries (e.g. root DSE or schema entry) are grouped after all other entries. | on |
| Sort by | Sort criteria and order of entries in DIT and search results. Select either 'RDN' or 'RDN Value' from the drop-down list as sort critera and select the sort order. Or select 'No sorting' to disable sorting. | RDN Value and Ascending |
| Sort limit | If there are more than the specified number of children or search results they won't be sorted. Hint: For performance reasons the maximum value should be 10000! | 10000 |