10.6: Changes in column view mode with Select All

Sep 09, '09 07:30:06AM

Contributed by: dj_feare

The following is more of an undocumented change than a hint.

In Finder's Column View (where I spend the vast majority of my time), if you use Select All (Command-A) with a folder is selected, previous releases of OS X would highlight the entire contents of the selected folder. In 10.6, I am seeing the behavior change to selecting the entire contents of the folder in which the selected folder resides.

This actually makes more sense because it is consistent with Select All used on a non-folder item, but it's going to take me a few days to re-calibrate my brain and fingers.

[robg adds: In testing this, I noticed that the behavior differs depending on how the folder is selected. If you select a folder with the mouse and then press Command-A, the behavior is the same as previous versions of OS X. But when you use the keyboard to select a folder, pressing Command-A highlights everything at the same level as the selected folder. I'm would think one behavior or the other is a bug; it seems they should be consistent.]

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