content of the selected node can be presented in the single view as a final alternative only the files and not the containers of the selected node can be presented in the single view in further illustration fig1 is a pictorial sequence of screen shoots exemplifying a method for selectably flattening an object hierarchy in a hierarchical object browser in the method of the invention several flattening configurations can be established the configurations can include displaying only the content of a selected node displaying the content of all nodes below the selected node displaying only the files of a selected node and displaying only the files of all nodes below the selected node the selection of the nodes in the hierarchy can be performed within a navigation pane of a hierarchical file browser while the display of nodal content can be performed in a content pane of the hierarchical file browser referring specifically to fig1 in a first example the option 150 a to show all content below a selected node can be selected while the option 150 b to suppress the display of containers can be de selected a file hierarchy 130 can be rendered within a navigation pane 110 and a node in the file hierarchy 130 can be selected in response a flat view 140 of all content residing in nodes below the selected node can be displayed in a content pane 120 of the hierarchical file browser in this regard the flat view 140 can include not only the files and containers.