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Column Width?
Authored by: Chas on Apr 23, '02 12:15:22AM

Is there any way to set a minimum column width in List View by modifying this plist? I have that bug where the File Name field gets narrower and narrower as you use it. I like to read the long filenames and want to increase the default File Name width. I don't see any obvious line of attack. Ideas?



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a Fix
Authored by: macfreek57 on Aug 09, '02 08:36:41PM

it's kind of weird but there is a way to change all of this globally without the "hacking"described above
1. just for whatever reason, close all finder windows
2. click on the finder icon in the dock to create a new window
3. select "Show View Options" from the "View" menu (apple-J)
4. select "Global"
5. make whatever adjustments you need including scrollbar possitions
6. close the window

any window with the global setting will show up just like this
it's weird, lke i said, and i don't think it's in the (**crappy**) system help

another good option to have set is the finder preference "keep a window's view the same when opening other folders in the window"



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