Feature Updates View

The Feature Updates view, which is part of the Install/Update perspective, allows you to locate and install new features and feature updates. The view contains three standard folders. The Sites to Visit folder contains updates sites preconfigured by the product you are using. The Available Updates is a built-in search results folder used for searching update sites. The My Computer folder is a file explorer that can be used to navigate to updates located in the file system.

In addition to the standard folders, you can create additional content in the Feature Updates view by adding update site bookmarks, and custom searches.

Here is what the Feature Updates view looks like:

Feature Update View

Like other views in the Workbench, the Feature Updates view has its own toolbar.

Titlebar

Refresh

This command refreshes the content of the view.

Drop Down Menu

The drop down menu in the title bar allows the following toggle settings:

Show My Computer Files - whether the My Computer explorer shows only the directory structure, or all files
Show Site Categories - whether features on updates sites are shown in their respective categories, or as a flat list
Show Matching Features Only - whether update sites show only features that match the current execution environment, or all features