Finder view options

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the_linker <liker RemoveThis @link.net> wrote:



 >
  > > Hey folks,
  > >
  > > I want to make my finder show a "List" by default instead of the icons.
  > > But, I want it to do this for every directory no matter what. I can't for
  > > the life of me figure out how to set it to do this and to always stay that
  > > way. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  > >
  > > -Chris
  > >
  > >
 > Open the desired window,
 > on the window toolbar click the list view button, which looks like a
 > paragraph icon with five lines going horizontally.
 > that should make the items look as list.
 > Then, afterwards
 >
 > go to "View" menu, and choose "Show view options"
 >
 > It will show you the options to set to the window and enclosed folders
 > if you prefer.
 >
 > thats it.

And it'll work fine for new Finder windows. It'll fail afetr opening a
window for the first new folder you make. It'll never work for windows
of folders the machine makes‹like a New Folder in a Save asŠ dialogue.

That's been my experience. If anyone has actually made e v e r y
window open in List view I'd sure like to hear how they did it.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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