Workbench has five basic types of icons that it uses to distinguish the type of file- Disk, Drawer, Tool, Project, and Trashcan.

Disk

The disk icon tells Workbench that it is a separate drive. This allows a hard drive to be partitioned into separate drives that act as a completely independent drive from the other partitions.

Drawer

The Drawer is better known to PC users as a directory or folder. It allows files to be separated according to their type. Thus allowing better organisation of the drive. For example, it can be used to separate a group of pictures in different formats into drawers of the same type.

Tool

A Tool is an executable file that is loaded when double clicked, such as a game or application.

Project

A project is a file that requires another application to be loaded to view it. This could be a picture or web page. Selecting Information (or Info for WB1.3 users) and altering the default tool can change the program that is loaded when a project is double-clicked.

Trashcan

A trashcan, as the name suggests, is a place on the drive where files can be dumped for deleting later. This has the advantage of not deleting the file straight away, meaning if you realise you have made a mistake you can easily retrieve it later.