![]() ![]() I use “Open Folder” when I need to get to a hidden directory. I can’t think of a reason why I would not just navigate to a specific directory in the file system otherwise.īecause it is hidden and you can’t in Finder unless you change the global behavior – and I don’t want to change the behavior because I don’t want my finder windows muddied up dot files. Spotlight simply doesn’t work at all for the scenario I am describing. It definitely is more the case of “not my way of working” rather than “not correct” though. This might not be the way you are used to working, but it works well enough. One can do this on a folder level with in Finder, and get to pick relative or global as part of the process.īut it doesn’t work for hidden files and folders, which is almost always what I am using Cmd+Sht+G to get to… I do development and there are alot of important files buried in hidden folders in my home directory that I need to get to now and then… I’m looking for a file, I go to spotlight, I type “myfile.whatever”, spotlight finds me a list of files. It depends on what you are trying to achieve. The people who don’t know the difference between “Up” and “Back” are the same people who wouldn’t know how to customize the finder toolbar anyway… Making me use keyboard shortcuts for this when you could just add a button on a customization menu is user-hostile. If anyone at Apple is listening… I want a button for “Enclosing Folder” too I know the difference between “Up” and “Back” even if most of your users don’t. It doesn’t have to be a default item – I can add it myself, but they have to make it available in order for me to do that… If anything “Open Folder” is a much more common operation… I would get the logic if ALL of the items on the toolbar were context sensitive, but “Connect” isn’t and it still gets love… Everywhere else the two seem to be paired together. Why? Why does “Connect” get special treatment here. There is, however, no corresponding button for “Open Folder”. If you try to customize the finder toolbar, there is an item for “Connect” which is essentially a toolbar shortcut for “Connect to Server”. Under the “Go” menu on finder, both of these items appear at the very bottom of the menu, grouped together – my assumption is that they do this because both of these operations are context-insensitive. Im fine with that, the more keyboard shortcuts the better.Ģ. There is a Command combo for “Go to folder” and “Connect to Server”. Your right but I agree with the OP on this one… The UI sets up inconsistent expectations when it comes to this particular widget…ġ. ![]() Going to be honest, 99% of the time I use Spotlight. ![]() That will open a prompt that will allow you to browse using Finder to the location you type/paste in. ![]()
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