[robg adds: On my machine, dragging a file over a folder does not open a new window ... I'm not sure if this is related to the "Always open folders in a new window" Finder setting or not (I leave that checkbox disabled on my machines).]
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I just noticed an interesting spring-loaded folder behaviour with the new sidebar. If you drag a file over a folder, a new window will spring open (as in 10.2). But if you drag a file over a folder in a finder window sidebar, the content pane of that window will change to show the contents of the folder. If you then drag your file over one of the folders in the newly displayed folder, that folder's content will then be displayed in the same finder window. No new windows are created. Rather nicer than having a screen full of folder nest, I thought.
[robg adds: On my machine, dragging a file over a folder does not open a new window ... I'm not sure if this is related to the "Always open folders in a new window" Finder setting or not (I leave that checkbox disabled on my machines).]
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10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
That is definitely what the reason is. It's actually a glaring problem with Apple's inconsistent windowing. The preference to always open new folders applies to items in the toolbar and in the sidebar - places you might not expect that setting to apply and you actually might like to set a differing preference.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
My experience with this behavior is that it has to do with the view settings on the folder. Column view will always open in the same window. Icon view will always open in a new window. I believe that List view will also always open in a new window.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
I'd prefer it if I could set a system-wide default choice for Finder view style [icons, list, or columns], and if each spring-loaded folder that pops up was in the same view as my preset preference.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
Yep, very annoying. Of course your behavior will be different depending on what you have showing - toolbars, sidebar, etc. Anything with toolbar/sidebar is (by default) a "browser" and won't open new windows unless you specify in the prefs. It appears to be real flexible until you realize that it presents really incoherent results sometimes. Stick a new CD in and the window always opens with a sidebar and and toolbar regardless of whether your other windows normally have those elements. Also, doing so causes another "browser" style window to open even when there already is one. Very inconsistent.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
On my machine [only 4 days old!], dragging a file over a folder ALWAYS opens a new folder window [perhaps because my Finder prefs are set to always open new windows], and ALWAYS opens a new window when dragging a file over an item in the sidebar.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
<blockquote>Dragging over a toolbar icon [such as Home or Documents] does nothing at all for me.</blockquote>
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
Actually, it depends on the type of the window: if it's brushed it will NOT open a new window, if it's not (no sidebar and no Toolbar) it will open a new window.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
Well that's just plain odd. Is the Finder a brushed metal app or isn't it? I was surprised to see the brushed metal disappear when I hid the sidebar and the toobar.
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
I turn off the Spring Loaded Folders feature (and I suspect robg has it off too). But you can still use it at any time by hitting the space bar while dragging the item and highlighting the folder. Works in a window and the sidebar as well. (This goes back to System 7 or 8.)
10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars
Holding down command reverses this behaviour. Very cool. |
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