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gunnar · Oct 25, 2003, 05:40 PM

Why is there no horizontal scroll bar in Finder windows when in column mode? For example, clicking on Applications doesn't allow me to scroll higher up in the tree, same for all the other "shortcuts".

clarkgoble · Oct 25, 2003, 06:16 PM

Your 'root' in column view is whatever you clicked on in the left pane. It isn't just a shortcut to that folder.

To have the functionality you are asking for put an icon in the shortcut bar the way you did in Jaguar.

gunnar · Oct 25, 2003, 06:31 PM

That seems dumb. Why would they limit the functionality of the sidebar.

Mithras · Oct 25, 2003, 06:35 PM

It's not dumb, it's nice -- it makes it easy to snap back to Applications, or Documents, without getting lost amidst everything else.

To reiterate what clarkgoble said, if you drop folders onto the toolbar area they were just like in Jaguar, showing the entire path from the root.

Give it a chance.

d4nth3m4n · Oct 25, 2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by clarkgoble:
Your 'root' in column view is whatever you clicked on in the left pane. It isn't just a shortcut to that folder.

To have the functionality you are asking for put an icon in the shortcut bar the way you did in Jaguar.

try this. minimize the toolbar, (hit the button in the upper right) then bring the window toolbar back. on my computer i get the full path (all the way back to the computer), even with sidebar. this is kinda curious to me.

am i the only one that this happens to?

Dan.

snerdini · Oct 25, 2003, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
try this. minimize the toolbar, (hit the button in the upper right) then bring the window toolbar back. on my computer i get the full path (all the way back to the computer), even with sidebar. this is kinda curious to me.

am i the only one that this happens to?

Dan.

I get that too...odd.

snerdini · Oct 25, 2003, 09:36 PM

I just found that you can get the same effect if you select your computer from the path drop-down menu in the toolbar. Guess it's not a bug?

d4nth3m4n · Oct 25, 2003, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by snerdini:
I just found that you can get the same effect if you select your computer from the path drop-down menu in the toolbar. Guess it's not a bug?

not to mention that if you have a folder in the dock, close the window with the toolbar minimized, then open it from the dock again you get the full path. ?? very odd. i kinda liked the full path that jag offered, but i also like the sidebar in panther. what am i to do?? bah.

d4nth3m4n · Oct 31, 2003, 10:07 AM

i just resolved the root issue.

hit cmd-uparrow (might have to hit it a few times) to get the full root (all the way back to the computer)

gunnar · Oct 31, 2003, 10:19 AM

Also, if you have toolbar folders and you try to drag a file into one of them when the window is in the background, the Finder doesn't allow you.

aaanorton · Oct 31, 2003, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by clarkgoble:
Your 'root' in column view is whatever you clicked on in the left pane. It isn't just a shortcut to that folder.

To have the functionality you are asking for put an icon in the shortcut bar the way you did in Jaguar.

This doesn't work for me. I can put the Applications icon in the toolbar, but when I click it, I get Apps as root, just like from the sidebar. What am I doing wrong here?

d4nth3m4n · Oct 31, 2003, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by aaanorton:
This doesn't work for me. I can put the Applications icon in the toolbar, but when I click it, I get Apps as root, just like from the sidebar. What am I doing wrong here?

dun work for me either. hmmm

moonmonkey · Nov 1, 2003, 06:49 AM

Originally posted by gunnar:
Why is there no horizontal scroll bar in Finder windows when in column mode? For example, clicking on Applications doesn't allow me to scroll higher up in the tree, same for all the other "shortcuts".

This is a feature.