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Authored by: RobertBen on Oct 06, '05 01:39:59PM

Didn't notice this because I hardly use Column View, (I find the view options in Column View too limited) the behaviour you're looking for does work in list view though.

Since you can switch really fast between the two view with Command-2 and Command-3 maybe this is an option for you?



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Tiger has killed this feature!
Authored by: RobertBen on Oct 06, '05 01:44:27PM

And as a little ad-on, this works only if you don't drag on the icons themselves, but a nit to the right of them.

Takes a second to figure out, but once you get the feel of it it's o.k.



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Workarounds are not solutions.
Authored by: ChaChi on Oct 06, '05 06:45:46PM

The second I start doing 2 or 3 extra steps to accomplish the same thing is when I feel like I've taking a couple (if not a few) steps backwards from improving an already great OS!

I do appreciate your time in trying to help find an alternate "solution" to this problem but I don't find adding steps to my daily workflow a solution.

Do you agree that this seems more like a bug than a feature? If the new behaviour is a feature what actual benefit does it provide us with? Do they want us to use list view now that they've started ironing out the bugs in it? I can't stand list view!



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Workarounds are not solutions.
Authored by: RobertBen on Oct 07, '05 12:02:12AM

I experimented a bit more and it DOES work in Column View, your columns just have to be wide enough.

I do agree that this is far from elegant though, (you probably still have to make your columns wider) and I think that Shift-Command-Click would have been a much better solution...



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I'll be damned!
Authored by: ChaChi on Oct 07, '05 03:34:18AM

I tried making my columns as wide as the screen and it wasn't working for me. Actually it doesn't even matter how wide the columns are it's just REALLY picky about HOW you start the middle drag.

I just got done experimenting some more myself and have found that you have to do the following:

(in column view of course)
1.) Select all of the items in a folder (Command + a)
2.) Press and hold the Command key down
3.) Click once on one of the middle items of the selection to deselect it
4.) Click ANYWHERE on the same item BUT THE NAME OR THE ICON and then start dragging

Then it does indead work.

I'm so much happier now that at least we've found a way to get this to work again. I just wish it was a little less picky about it. Actually I wish it was the way it used to be since I see no logical benefit to the change in the first place but at least it works.

Just curious, why would Command + Shift have been a better solution? What other purpose preexists for Command clicking and dragging items within a column view?



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Tiger has killed this feature!
Authored by: mistersquid on Oct 09, '05 06:21:26AM

Since you can switch really fast between the two view with Command-2 and Command-3 maybe this is an option for you?

Hot diggity. I've been using Mac OS since System 6.x and I am stunned at how much I don't know few menu bar "hints." I'm a somewhat knowledgeable OS X user (run SSL-enabled Apache, BIND, VNC over SSH tunnel, PERL-and-AppleScript-assisted backup, etc.) so I don't really spend a lot of time in menu bars anymore. Yet so much functionality is stored there.

We really are at a stage where our computers and operating systems are arguably too complex. Small additions to features (e.g. Smart Folders) have massive ramifications that take years to fully register, and here I am and I've been clicking on Finder's toolbar widgets rather than Cmd-2 and Cmd-3.

Thanks for the tip.



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