10.7: New Finder Column View Preview Resize Bug
Jan 07, '13 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: robleach
As hints go, this one is more of a bug complaint than a hint, but the most recent version of Lion (10.7.5) introduced a bug in the Finder when in Column View which prevents you from resizing the last column/preview for files with long paths. I don't know if it is also a problem in 10.8, but in 10.7.4 there used to be a column separator on the right side of the last column containing the preview with a little area at the bottom that would allow you to grab the control and resize the preview. The preview would grow to fill as much space as possible.
In 10.7.5, that separator went away, which is fine for files that have a short path from the left-most column to the right-most column. You can still grab the side of the window and resize the last column. But for files with long paths (which introduce a horizontal scroll-bar), it sometimes becomes impossible to resize the last column. So here's a simple work-around.
- Grab the right-most column separator (which is to the left of the last column) and drag it to the right, making the second-to-last column as wide as you want the last column to be.
- Scroll all the way to the right
- Grab the same column separator and drag it back to where it was. (Note the preview size does not grow when you do this.)
- Slightly adjust the height of the finder window from the top or bottom and your preview will snap to the largest possible size to fill the space.
The utility of this hint is of course minor. One could always use quick-look as a work-around as well, but I find it quicker to adjust the last column's size, especially when switching back and forth between the Finder and other apps.
[crarko adds: I don't have 10.7.x around any more to try this, but it didn't seem to be an issue in 10.8.2.
Hi, all! Kirk is out this week so I am filling in in his absence. Nice to drop in, although I'm trying to remember all the little BBEdit shortcuts we use here, so please excuse me if things are formatted a bit oddly.
-- Craig A.]
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