Aug 17, '05 07:48:00AM • Contributed by: shadownight
This is great for saving space, or for quickly seeing all of a particularly long song or album title.
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Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
Aug 17, '05 07:48:00AM • Contributed by: shadownight
Just like in Microsoft Excel, you can automatically resize the a column in iTunes by double-clicking the divider line on the right (as in 'not left') side of the column you want to resize. The column will then resize to the width of the largest item in it, including the column's title.
This is great for saving space, or for quickly seeing all of a particularly long song or album title.
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Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
Back in the day of the Windoze world I had grown accustomed to double-clicking columns to auto-size them. It worked in nearly every application I used. When I made the switch to Mac, I was dissapointed to find next to no app that did this. For the longest time, Office was the only set of apps I knew to do this. Looks like Apple may be adding this feature to OS X for their newer apps now? Let's hope they add it to Finder now!
Automatically size Finder columns to show all content works as well.
If you double click on the column handle in the Finder it will automaitcally resize it. I am not sure when this functionality was added but I just tried it on 10.4.2 and it worked without a hitch. I tried this on Mail as well which also worked. First time it resizes to fit all info, the second time it resizes for just the first level of folders.
Automatically size Finder columns to show all content works as well.
THAT is the most delightful hint I've gotten in months! Why don't I think to try these things? I will use it probably every hour of every day. Thank you!!
Automatically size Finder columns to show all content works as well.
Double-clicking in Finder windows works on Panther in the Column View but not in the List View.
Automatically size Finder columns to show all content works as well.
So where do you click, in Panther, in Column view? In case that wasn't clear, it's the little column resize thingy, lower right of each column, that looks like an equal sign turned on its side.
Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
You can also auto-size an iTunes column by right-clicking on the column header and choosing "Auto Size Column". Also in the contextual menu is "Auto Size All Columns", which (you guessed it!) resizes all of the columns to fit.
Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
The percentage of people who are left-handed is considerably larger than the percentage of Mac users (and way, way larger than the percentage who use a Mighty Mouse). So you should still feel guilty saying "right-click".
Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
Ah, the old MBA axiom of "Baffle 'em with BS" must apply! :)
Automatically size iTunes columns to show all content
This is one of the few things that I miss from Windows. Although iTunes has had it for ages, many apps haven't and it really is a handy feature. |
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