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Feature: Make compact mode even smaller #9282

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What's the Problem?

The setting "Use compact styles in the details layout" allows more rows of files to be visible, but not as-many as FILE EXPLORER

In my example screenshot you can see FILES on the left, and FILE EXPLORER on the right, both browsed-into the same folder:
• FILES can display 18 files fully (where the file-name is fully-visible)
• FILE EXPLORER can display 27 files

Therefore FILE EXPLORER can show an extra 9 files more than FILES in the same view mode

Solution/Idea

Change the "Use compact styles in the details layout" setting from the current OFF/ON to a dropdown:

• Rename the setting to "Compactness of rows when in details layout"

• In the dropdown, offer (as examples) "Touch (wide)", "Touch (narrow)" and "Mouse (narrowest)".

"Touch (wide)" would be equivalent to the row-spacing when the current setting is OFF
"Touch (narrow)" would be equivalent to the row-spacing when the current setting is ON
"Mouse (narrowest)" would be a new row-spacing, which would aim to match FILE EXPLORER

Requirements

• Make compact mode even smaller

Priorities

Capability Priority
Consider adding an option to reduce the spacing between rows further for mouse-users, similar to File Explorer Should

Files Version

2.3.0.0

Windows Version

Windows 10 Home 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1706) 64-bit, non-ARM

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Screenshot comparison, showing the narrowest row-spacing available in each app (FILES left; FILE EXPLORER right):

FilesApp_DetailsRowSpacing

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