Focus loss when deleting files in Finder

Using a iMac5,1 recently upgraded to Lion (latest version).

After upgrading, I started seeing a peculiar behaviour. I often view a file list in Finder, scroll down the list and delete a file. When I ran Snow Leopard (or Leopard or Tiger), the focus would then go to the next file in the list. This is what I want, as I often clean up folders this way, scrolling down a long file list, especially with photos.

However, now with Lion, what happens after a delete a file is that the focus goes to the Folder name, so that to continue scrolling down the file list means finding my place in the file list again. This is quite tedious with a long list. I suspect some viewing option was changed going from Snow Leopard to Lion but I don't know what it is. A google or help communities search did not find anything.

I can't be the only one having this problem, can I?

Thanks