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Q: using escape key in finder to navigate backwards

wondering why this function was removed. in mountain lion i could navigate backwards in a finder window by hitting the "escape" key. each press of the button would take me backwards through my finder path the same way that i came into whatever folder i was in. like a bread trail through the woods, it was really nice.

 

any way to reactivate in mavericks? why would you take away something so simple and functional?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 9, 2013 12:56 PM

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  • by Gurucbsbo,

    Gurucbsbo Gurucbsbo Nov 18, 2013 4:15 AM in response to laserghost
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    Nov 18, 2013 4:15 AM in response to laserghost

    Why always the best options are removed in the latest version, It happens with Adobe always, now Apple joined it seems.

     

    Pressing Escape let me out from selected folder in Finder window, it helps me move around top and bottom folder with help of arrow keys.

     

    Now, it's uneasy to come out of the folder without mouse.

     

    Whats a breakthrough here, any command which activate this function back?

  • by laserghost,Solvedanswer

    laserghost laserghost Nov 27, 2013 11:41 AM in response to Gurucbsbo
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    Nov 27, 2013 11:41 AM in response to Gurucbsbo

    looks like you can just use the back arrow key on the keyboard instead of esc. makes sense, but it's annoying having to figure everything out from scratch all the time.

  • by musiq021,

    musiq021 musiq021 Jan 27, 2014 1:23 PM in response to laserghost
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    Jan 27, 2014 1:23 PM in response to laserghost

    I too am miffed as to why this was removed. It's going to drive me mad for months I'm sure.

     

    A use in another forum pointed out that the same effect can be achieved by performing an explicit deselect all ( CMD + OPTION + A ) . Time to try and remap this in my brain.

  • by atelier522,

    atelier522 atelier522 May 9, 2016 12:37 AM in response to Gurucbsbo
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    May 9, 2016 12:37 AM in response to Gurucbsbo

    In a column view you can use the [cursor left] key.

     

    In any view you can use the key combo [cmd]-[cursor up].

     

    hth!