Text Wrapping Folder's/ Files Text?

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Text Wrapping Folder's/ Files Text?

My friend used my mac yesterday and suddenly all of my text under folders and files is unwrapped. it used to always automatically be wrapped or justified left, and now when renaming a folder it doesn't wrap at all. I am viewing in icon view and it was always fine before. How do i get my text to be like it was when naming a file or folder in finder?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 1, 2010 11:43 PM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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Jun 2, 2010 1:36 PM in response to Jadakiss66

Check label right and aligned to grid. Then, change it back to label bottom. AFAIK, labels on bottom are always centered under the icons.

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baltwo

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Jun 2, 2010 9:20 AM in response to Jadakiss66

I don't use icon view for anything but the Desktiop, but in a folder with the problem, CMD+J, and cycle the label position between bottom and right, or vice versa. Mine for the Desktop is set to bottom.

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baltwo

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Jun 2, 2010 12:21 AM in response to Jadakiss66

This in the Terminal should do the trick.Type in the command, hit the return key, and quit the Terminal:

*FXMaximumLabelLines XXX*

where XXX is an integer value. On my machine, I have it set to 2. Whether or not you can have a value greater than 2 is left as an exercise. After quitting the Terminal, OPTION-click and hold the Finder's Dock icon and select Relaunch.

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thomas_r.

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Jun 2, 2010 6:07 AM in response to Jadakiss66

I believe baltwo's advice will help, if I'm interpreting your description correctly. I just wanted to add that you should take this as a lesson about letting people - even (maybe especially) friends - use your account on your computer. If someone else needs to use your computer, activate the guest account and have them log on to that.

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Jadakiss66 Author

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Jun 2, 2010 6:44 AM in response to baltwo

Mine seems to have already been set at two. I redid it though still didnt solve the problem. e.g.
1. Folder 1
2. Folder 2
Folders names are spaced or aligned similar to that? It was perfect before yesterday they were are left aligned
i.e.
1. Folder 1
2. Folder 2

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Jadakiss66 Author

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Jun 2, 2010 6:46 AM in response to Jadakiss66

seems it didnt add my spaces in the previous post. The problem is that one folder can have text centred and the other left justified, how do i get it to all be left in the folders label? thanks the maximum label lines is something was looking for though.

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thomas_r.

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Jun 2, 2010 7:47 AM in response to Jadakiss66

Yeah, HTML ignores extraneous spaces. However, this brings up an interesting question... did your buddy add a bunch of spaces to the names of the affected folders?

If not, you're not giving us a very good description of the problem. Perhaps a screen shot would help. Upload a screen shot somewhere and post the link here.

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Jadakiss66 Author

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Jun 2, 2010 10:56 AM in response to Jadakiss66

I have checked all the view options, grid etc and attempted to retype the folder names, recreate them etc and nothing has helped, i will attempt to upload a screenshot somewhere for you, as i understand it is hard to explain. Basically all the folders will sort aligned but the text labels beneath seem to be justified from centre leaving folders lined up and labels terribly all over the place too far left etc. Is it possible that if he deleted something accidentally in a Ds Store or Library file that this could have happened?

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