Dear Aunt TUAW: What happened to double-clicking dividers?
Dear Aunt TUAW,
When using Finder and viewing files in "details" view, you used to be able in Snow Leopard and "below" to double-click on the file "divider" to automatically expand the file name column to be able to see the entire file or folder name within that folder. In Lion you have to manually drag the divider to be able to see the entire file or folder name. Is there something i can change in the settings within Lion to change it back to the way Snow Leopard worked, when double-clicking the divider would automatically expand the column to see the longest file or folder's name within that folder?
Your loving nephew,
Tommy F.
Dear Tommy,
As far as Auntie can tell, this still works the same in Lion. Called right-sizing, this allows you to fit the column to its text contents.
Perhaps you weren't double-clicking the right-size handle? It looks like a pause button and is found at the bottom of each column. You know you're in the right place because the cursor switches from an arrow to a resize handle (vertical line with arrows pointing out to each side.)
Here's a quick video showing right-sizing in action.
Did you know that there's also a right-size contextual pop-up menu? Just right-click the Right Size handle to bring it into view.
Hugs,
Auntie T.
Update: Auntie took Tommy's "details view" as meaning the column view, when you can click on any item and see its details and preview. Commenters disagree. Could you right-size list-view columns in Snow Leopard?
