details pane

The metadata can be viewed and edited in the Details Pane that shows up at the bottom of an Explorer window.

There should be a previews pane, details pane, and navigation pane since they are supposed to be so much the same.

A new addition to Windows Explorer is the Details pane, which displays metadata and information relating to the currently selected file or folder.

The Details pane will also display a thumbnail of the file or an icon of the filetype if the file does not contain visual information.

The Preview pane, allows for previewing files (viewing documents and playing media files) in addition to the Details pane.

The details pane shows information such as file size and type, and allows viewing and editing of embedded tags in supported file formats.

The Details pane also allows for the change of some textual metadata such as "Author" and "Title" in files that support them within Windows Explorer.

If a Property handler is installed, the Details property sheet allows editing file metadata similar to the Details pane.

Windows Vista introduces a newer IThumbnailProvider interface that shows thumbnails in the Details pane as well as in large icon views.