By default, when using the list view for local and remote sources, a limited set of information is provided. This information is the minimum amount of information that is required to make informed decisions about interacting with the packages that are shown. As a result, when using Chocolatey GUI, you will see the following when using the local source:

And the following when using a remote source:

By enabling this feature, you allow the addition of extra package information to be displayed. For example, in the local source view, you will see additional columns for package id and whether or not it is a pre-release package:

And in the remote source view, it will be rendered as follows:

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="'ShowAdditionalPackageInformation'"

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

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

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

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

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

Default Value

The default value for this feature is disabled.

Availability

The ability to control this feature from the Chocolatey GUI Settings screen has existed since Chocolatey GUI v0.17.0.

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