By default (starting with version 0.18.0), Chocolatey GUI uses a tile view to show all of the packages that are currently installed locally on the machine that is executing Chocolatey GUI. As a result, you will see a screen similar to the following when first starting the application:

It is possible to toggle between the list view and a tile view for the packages that are installed locally using the buttons at the top right hand corner of the application, but it you prefer to see the list view by default, then you can enable it with this feature. As a result, you will see something like the following when first starting the application:

Resources

Below is a short video which shows this feature in action:

Example

This feature can be enabled, for the currently logged in user, by running the following command:

chocolateyguicli feature enable --name="'DefaultToTileViewForLocalSource'"

This feature can be disabled, for the currently logged in user, by running the following command:

chocolateyguicli feature disable --name="'DefaultToTileViewForLocalSource'"

Or, to enable/disable it globally at the machine level, run the following commands:

chocolateyguicli feature enable --name="'DefaultToTileViewForLocalSource'" --global

chocolateyguicli feature disable --name="'DefaultToTileViewForLocalSource'" --global

Default Value

As of version 0.18.0 of Chocolatey GUI, the default value for this feature is enabled.

Availability

The ability to control this feature from the Chocolatey GUI Settings screen has existed since Chocolatey GUI v0.16.0.

The ability to control this feature from the command line using chocolateyguicli has existed since Chocolatey GUI v0.17.0.