[X4U] Leopard peculularity regarding command-clicking in title bar of Finder window

Brian L. Matthews blmatthews at gmail.com
Tue Nov 6 20:32:26 PST 2007


Michael Elliott wrote:
> Is this a new behavior, or have I just never noticed it?
>
> If I have a Finder window that is nestled several folders deep, and I 
> want to get to the next level up in  the hierarchy,  I usually just 
> hold the command key down and then click on the title bar of the 
> window, which gives a popup of the hierarchy, allowing me to select 
> the level i want to go to, and then the window changes to that folder.
>
> Now, when i do the same thing, another separate window of the 
> enclosing folder opens up, whereas I thought I remembered that it 
> would simply replace it in-place.
>
> If I CONTROL-click on the Finder window, it gives me the old behavior.

Tiger operates like you remember, command-click opens the selected 
folder in the current window. I've actually wanted to be able to have it 
open in a new window, sounds like one more thing to look forward to when 
I get around to updating to Leopard. :-)

Brian


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