Icon view in Finder windows do not autowrap

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Icon view in Finder windows do not autowrap

I am using 10.5.1 on a 17" MBP 2.16 ghz.

Since installing Leopard, Icon view in Finder windows do not autowrap and Finder windows do not always remember their display preferences.

The Trash auto-wraps (the icons spread to take up the entire window if it is enlarged) But Opening a Folder in my default list view and switching to Icon view and then enarging the window only shows icons in the original window width. EG, If it were 3 colums of icons, it stays 3 columns of icons unless I use Clean Up TWICE and then I get 10 columns of icons which will wrap.

Is this a Leopard BUG or a local problem. Any suggestions on fixing it?

TIA,

Bill

2.7 DP G5; 17" MacBook Pro and others (680x0->G4s), Mac OS X (10.4.8), Mac User since 1984; I have never had to use a PC :-Q

Posted on Dec 31, 2007 9:56 AM

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R C-R

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Dec 31, 2007 11:11 AM in response to Kernos

I'm not sure this is what you are talking about by "autowrap," but you must turn on one of the "Arrange by:" options in View > Show View Options for icons to automatically reposition themselves as the Finder window size is changed. Unless you make this & all other view options the default, you must set this on a window by window basis.

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Kernos Author

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Dec 31, 2007 12:12 PM in response to R C-R

Yeh I know. It doesnt work in icon view which is the point of my post.

Bill

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R C-R

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Dec 31, 2007 12:22 PM in response to Kernos

Are you sure you have set the "arrange by:" option for the folder(s) in the *View Options window* of the Finder? This is the only way to make the option permanent -- the "Arrange by..." menu items in the "View" menu are one-time procedures, not permanent settings.

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Kernos Author

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Dec 31, 2007 12:58 PM in response to R C-R

Yeh - though I use cmd-J which I have used since it appeared, 10.1?

But I just solved my problem. In my use as defaults selection, I had Snap to Grid selected in the arrange by pop-up rather than by Name.

Selecting Name and clicking on Use as Defaults makes things work as expected.

Thanks for making me look closely!

Cheers,

Bill

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R C-R

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Dec 31, 2007 1:17 PM in response to Kernos

Oops! The comment I just posted doesn't apply, so I'm removing it.

Message was edited by: R C-R

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