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10.3: Using column view and sidebar shortcuts
Authored by: diamondsw on Oct 30, '03 11:54:05AM

The whole *point* of the places sidebar is that it "roots" the column view there. If you just want a shortcut to a folder and don't want it rooted, use the toolbar as you did under Jaguar. This strikes me as deliberately trying to subvert a new feature of Panther, but I guess it helps some people.



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10.3: Using column view and sidebar shortcuts
Authored by: kh on Oct 30, '03 12:43:25PM

Um, I tried to place a shortcut in the toolbar, but the Finder does not accept it. Instead, I resorted to place the Path button through the Toolbar customization. It does the pretty much the same thing as clicking on the window title.

Besides, after using the Panther Finder for a few days, I've been wondering what was behind the decision of rooting the shortcuts in the column view and not being able to climb up the hierarchy from where you started by clicking on an item in the sidebar.

It is not that bad as I first thought. There really aren't many occasions I want to climb up the hierarchy. I just want to go to one of the items in the sidebar most of the time. Maybe the decision was made to weaken the metaphor of hierarchical file system. It is a strange thing in the first place to have the volumes connected to your computer and servers under the computer in the first place. Also, iDisk being at the same level as the physical volumes while no user except the one logged in as the current user can access it, the arrangement is not that intuitive. Perhaps the decision to make it difficult to climb up the hierarchy from where you started was made to decrease the possibility of causing confusion.



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10.3: Using column view and sidebar shortcuts
Authored by: ClarkGoble on Oct 30, '03 01:38:02PM

You have to be in customize mode to customize the toolbar in Panther. Once you do it though it works quite well. I have numerous applications/scripts in mine.



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10.3: Using column view and sidebar shortcuts
Authored by: bughouse on Oct 31, '03 02:49:27PM

not true. you just need to hold your item there a bit longer for it to "take".



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