10.3: Spring-loaded folder behaviour in sidebars

Dec 16, '03 09:38:00AM

Contributed by: jamesmac

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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