Okay, I really miss this simple feature from Leopard. If I clicked the pill shaped button in the upper right corner of a Finder window, it would show or hide the sidebar. Is there a way to do this in Lion? Thanks.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1), 13-inch, Early 2011
Select Show/Hide Sidebar from the Finder's View menu.
Select Show/Hide Sidebar from the Finder's View menu.
How'd I miss that? Thanks!
Now I know how I missed it. The option is sometimes grayed out. For example, when I opened a dmg file as an application install just now, I wanted to show the sidebar so I could easily drag it into the Applications folder, but the option wasn't available.
check out https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3266090?answerId=15957341022#15957341022
Show the toolbar first
This is still a problem in Mountain Lion.
You can have a Toolbar without a Sidebar, but
you can't have a Sidebar without a Toolbar.
Very strange.
Why would they grey out "Show Sidebar" when the Toolbar is not shown?
What is the great benefit that justifies millions of hours wasted
in figuring out how to show the sidebar?
For those whom are still confused, I have found the first time you show sidebar it doesn't seem to show (I think it does, but you have pull it out with the mouse). So usually I just hide it, then show it again. So keystrokes would be:
command option T to show toolbar
command option S to show sidebar, but its kind of hidden still
command option S to hide sidebar
command option S to show sidebar and this time it shows.
Does anyone know if you still have show the sidebar three times in Mountian Lion?
Mountain Lion: the same
Refer to https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3266090?answerId=15957341022#15957341022
it applies to ML also
Starting in 10.1 (at least) there is an oval "pill" button in upper right corner of Finder window title bars.
It is the hide/show toolbar (and sidebar) button. You can see it in 10.1 - 10.6 screenshots here.
http://www.rctcinteractiondesign.com/iwd46/
The button's function and loss are discussed here:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os_x_lion_replacing_the_show_hide_button_ in_finder
I skipped 10.7 and 10.8, so didn't feel the loss until 10.9.
Sigh. Com-Opt-T and Com-Opt-S are ok (when they work). But I still want that button back!
Here's another thread on this:
Show/hide the sidebar?
