Week of Tips [Leopard] - Folders, Not Stacks
Nov/16/2007 23:23 Filed in: Tips &
Tricks
When
I heard about Stacks, I thought they would be
incredible. Despite the recent spiffy icons that
people have figured out how to use with stacks, they
still lack a key functionality that I want - and that
is to be able to click on a Stack and have it open in
a Finder window. When you click on a Stack, there is
a button that you can click to show in finder, but
now it's a two step process which, well, it takes
twice as long. There are view options for Stacks, you
can default a stack to show as a Fan or Grid layout,
unfortunately there is no Finder view option.
What I have opted to do is use Folder Aliases instead
of Stacks. I create an alias of a folder, move that
Alias to my Documents directory, then I drop the
Alias in my Dock near the Recycle Bin. Now I have a
folder icon, which when clicked will open that
location in a Finder view.
Until a View as Folder option is added to Stacks,
this is a perfect work around.
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