Zach Foster

Q: Mavericks Will Not Retain Finder List-View Column Resizing

I've noticed this to occur at the root level of my hard disk in Finder.  A visual will work best:

 

Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 12.37.38 PM.png

 

The "User Guides and Information" folder is truncated at the root level of my Hard Disk.  I will then manually resize the column:

 

Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 12.38.10 PM.png

 

When I close out this window via the red close circle, and re-open, Finder will not remember my custom column view.  It will revert back to the previously truncated state.

 

Oddly enough, I've found Finder to correctly preserve custom list view columns when you drill down a level (such as my custom column views inside of my Applications folder, for example).

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9), 8 GB RAM

Posted on Nov 7, 2013 9:47 AM

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Q: Mavericks Will Not Retain Finder List-View Column Resizing

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  • by PaintballMJM,

    PaintballMJM PaintballMJM Mar 24, 2014 4:11 PM in response to cd-quality
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    Mar 24, 2014 4:11 PM in response to cd-quality

    I'm on 10.9.2 myself, but the problem still persists. I'm glad that it worked for you, though!

  • by cd-quality,

    cd-quality cd-quality Mar 25, 2014 1:25 AM in response to PaintballMJM
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    Mar 25, 2014 1:25 AM in response to PaintballMJM

    Apple!!!!

    Maybe you can try the combo installer (again)...

    Good luck!

  • by hgnchrs,

    hgnchrs hgnchrs May 20, 2014 2:18 AM in response to Zach Foster
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    May 20, 2014 2:18 AM in response to Zach Foster

    For me, it solved the issue when I change the settings in the system preferences > general > show scroll bars to "when scrolling". (it also works if there is no mouse connected with the setting " autmatically based on input device").

     

    Hope this helps someone.

  • by dbabbage,

    dbabbage dbabbage May 26, 2014 8:29 PM in response to Zach Foster
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    May 26, 2014 8:29 PM in response to Zach Foster

    I have been experiencing what I presume is this irritating problem (the original screenshots from the OP weren't loading for me today) for a long time. Drives me insane.

     

    It used to be that if you closed a finder window with the Red X, that was the new default. Perhaps there was some other condition I've forgotten, like only if you'd only just opened it and rearranged it or whatever. Anyway, that clearly wasn't working for me for window size sufficient to display two columns without loosing the start of the left hand one, even though doing that was resetting other things (like the default position of a window on the screen).

     

    Nothing in this thread seemed to be a slam dunk solution to me, so I tried experimenting with holding down modifier keys—Option, Control, Shift etc—as I clicked the Red X. And it appears to have fixed my problem, at least so far.

     

    It appeared to me that it was holding down Shift-and clicking on the Red X was what fixed the issue. That may not be the case, as I was trying various things. But what is clear is this is the first time in many moons that windows are opening up the right size. They haven't done that for ages. Perhaps may work for you too.

  • by dbabbage,

    dbabbage dbabbage May 26, 2014 8:52 PM in response to dbabbage
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    May 26, 2014 8:52 PM in response to dbabbage

    Nope—think I had it wrong. What it appears is that if you hold down the Option key while you resize it, and then after setting it you immediately close the window by clicking the Red X (must click, not use the key command to close) then the final size will stick as your new default.

     

    This is slightly weird, as holding down the Option key also simultaneously resizes based on the midpoint of the window, so you find yourself dragging in and out the left hand size of the window too, unless it is hard against the left hand side of the screen and you're making the window larger—which will keep the left side constrained. Either way, once you've got the size you want this does seem to become the new default.

     

    Looks like this is the solution though. Reproduced it a few times at least. Finally?

  • by Zach Foster,

    Zach Foster Zach Foster Sep 19, 2014 6:08 AM in response to dbabbage
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    Sep 19, 2014 6:08 AM in response to dbabbage

    Figured I would check this thread and see if anyone found any new developments

     

    Looks like plenty of new things to try!  Unfortunately, it does look like Apple archived my screenshots, but by the sound of it, everyone knows what the Finder windows are doing.  I'll try these various troubleshooting steps soon and let everyone know my results!

     

    Thanks!

  • by dog dad,

    dog dad dog dad Sep 30, 2014 9:09 PM in response to Zach Foster
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    Sep 30, 2014 9:09 PM in response to Zach Foster

    Hi Zach,

     

    Thanks for starting this thread. I have this issue too. However, as you pointed out, the .PNG images you posted in your opening post apparently got archived by Apple—they aren’t displaying on my Mavericks iMac, even after I’ve logged in to the discussion and did some basic system maintenance. I just get a “loading” candy cane progress bar, then broken image symbols. I suppose it would be possible to view them on the Wayback Machine at http://www.archive.org. Meanwhile, any chance you could quickly re-upload them?

     

    Big thanks,

    Doug in San Francisco

  • by Zach Foster,

    Zach Foster Zach Foster Oct 1, 2014 7:48 AM in response to dog dad
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    Oct 1, 2014 7:48 AM in response to dog dad

    Original Images Per Request:

     

    Truncated:

     

    Truncated.tiff

     

    After manually correcting it:

     

    Corrected.tiff

  • by Zach Foster,

    Zach Foster Zach Foster Oct 1, 2014 8:08 AM in response to dog dad
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    Oct 1, 2014 8:08 AM in response to dog dad

    Original Screenshots Per Request:

     

    Truncated:

     

    Truncated.png

     

    Corrected:

     

    Corrected.png

  • by vjPulp,

    vjPulp vjPulp Oct 4, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Zach Foster
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    Oct 4, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Zach Foster

    Still no screenshots...

  • by mooncaine-again,

    mooncaine-again mooncaine-again Sep 1, 2016 12:39 PM in response to cd-quality
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    Sep 1, 2016 12:39 PM in response to cd-quality

    In Yosemite, this still happens to me. Still a huge waste of time, lots of extra wear and tear on my hands over the past several years, just resizing a column after almost every change I make to a view, even just spinning a folder open or shut.

     

    Finder column widths in List view are bugged, and this unfixed bug literally hurts my hands.

     

    How many years has this frustrating flaw gone unfixed so far? I count 3 years, minimum.

     

     

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 2, 2016 8:54 AM in response to mooncaine-again
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    Sep 2, 2016 8:54 AM in response to mooncaine-again

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for improvement. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.

     

    Feedback

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