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From: Trevor Wright on 29 Apr 2010 10:11
In message <83tgoeFh9hU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd
>You can right-click on the headers in List view and add extra columns
>such as "Kind". And then sort by them.
That's it. Brilliant. Many thanks.
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Trevor Wright
From: James Jolley on 29 Apr 2010 10:25
On 2010-04-29 15:04:29 +0100,
real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) said:

> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> Is it possible to tidy up or rationalise the order of folders and files
>>>>> as displayed in a dialogue box, as for example a Save dialogue box? It
>>>>> seems that the display of files and/or folders in such boxes is
>>>>> relentlessly alphabetical. For example, is possible for them to be
>>>>> displayed by type?
>>>>
>>>> No, only by name or date (if you have selected List view).
>>>
>>> I wonder then why I can sort tables by a column header then with VO?
>>> You'd think something like this would make the main UI.
>>
>> You can right-click on the headers in List view and add extra columns
>> such as "Kind". And then sort by them.
>
> How on earth did you discover this? Do the Save dialog boxes have any
> other tricks up their sleeves?
>
> Daniele

For me, kind is always visible. Is that a default, or does VO collect
the file info via some sort of VO specific object?

From: Chris Ridd on 29 Apr 2010 10:39
On 2010-04-29 14:50:35 +0100, Jim said:

> On 2010-04-29, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No, only by name or date (if you have selected List view).
>>>>>
>>>>> Daniele
>>>>
>>>> I wonder then why I can sort tables by a column header then with VO?
>>>> You'd think something like this would make the main UI.
>>>
>>> You can right-click on the headers in List view and add extra columns
>>> such as "Kind". And then sort by them.
>>
>> If you sorted by date then, isn't this what the poster wanted?
>>
>
> I think the OP wanted to be able to have folders at the top, then files
> underneath, rather than a mix that's governed purely by the name.

ie, what Apple calls "Kind". Except that "Folder" is not necessarily at
the top.

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Chris

From: Chris Ridd on 29 Apr 2010 10:42
On 2010-04-29 15:04:29 +0100, D.M. Procida said:

> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> Is it possible to tidy up or rationalise the order of folders and files
>>>>> as displayed in a dialogue box, as for example a Save dialogue box? It
>>>>> seems that the display of files and/or folders in such boxes is
>>>>> relentlessly alphabetical. For example, is possible for them to be
>>>>> displayed by type?
>>>>
>>>> No, only by name or date (if you have selected List view).
>>>
>>> I wonder then why I can sort tables by a column header then with VO?
>>> You'd think something like this would make the main UI.
>>
>> You can right-click on the headers in List view and add extra columns
>> such as "Kind". And then sort by them.
>
> How on earth did you discover this? Do the Save dialog boxes have any
> other tricks up their sleeves?

The right-click thing I just guessed, and hoped that what worked in
iTunes would also work here. It did :-)

I suppose we all know about Command-Shift-G in Open/Save sheets?

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Chris

From: Pd on 29 Apr 2010 11:06
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:

> You can right-click on the headers in List view and add extra columns
> such as "Kind". And then sort by them.

That's new in Snow Leopard.

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Pd
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