Frank Caggiano wrote:
You just add the space to the <string>Folder</String> NOT to the <Key>Folder</Key>
As I wrote before though TextEdit won't do this (at least it doesn;t for me) you'll need something else.
Unless you really know what you're doing, and would recognize "when/if" this change causes a bug to show up in some application you're running, then I wouldn't recommend this change. It's changing something that is pretty primative (and axiom) in the system.
Instead, you might find that the following method gives you 90% of what you're looking for, without hacking library files.
Try this and see if you like it:
Right-Click on each folder, and change the "Label" (the color) to blue (or whatever color is pleasing to you):
Then, while looking at Finder in the Detailed mode (the one that has columns at the top you can sort by), Right-Click one of the column headings and add the "Label" as a column.
Now, sort by Label.
As I said, this gives you probably 90% of what your looking for (what Windows has).
When you sort by Label, the secondary sort (after grouping by label) seems to always be by filename.
This solution does allow other sorts (like reverse filename, or by date modified) in conjuction with the label sorting.
Lastly, I know it's a bit tedious to put a blue color (label) on every folder.
That could be somewhat automated (I'll probably write an alias in my Terminal command shell). Maybe somebody with more programming skill than me, can write an Automater script that will find all the sub-folders in the current Finder window, and change them all to Label=Blue.
