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One, a tree view to navigate the directory structure is missing in Finder. Sadly, Gnome decided to copy this as well. I can't explain well enough why the treev

by jeswin 9y ago

One, a tree view to navigate the directory structure is missing in Finder. Sadly, Gnome decided to copy this as well. I can't explain well enough why the treeview is better, you'll have to use it. 1) less mouse travel for switching, 2) you can expand multiple branches simultaneously and switch back and forth easily.

squiggleblaz 9y ago
I used to like winfile. Then I switched to the GNU command line, before eventually adopting ROX-Filer. ROX-Filer, now ageing, has no treeview. I do not miss it. (I'm about to tell you my experience. Not because it contradicts yours or because I believe you're wrong, but just because it's different. I'm a different person, so it's no surprise.) I have no solution to (1). It's not something that worries me. The solution to (2) is for it to be conceptually light and easy to have multiple windows open. I use "new window on button 1" and single click to open. This more-or-less does the trick. However the thing which really converted me was the shear ease of using ROX-Filer by keyboard; it gives you access to a nice command-line style interface insofar as you can navigate to the folder you want easily and you can pick the operation first, then the files (i.e. on the commandline you say "rm thisfile", but most guis require you to say "thisfile delete it". ROX-Filer lets you say press DEL and then select the file.) It also has super awesome navigation. And I think most of all, you can switch modes (i.e. between navigating and interacting with files) with the keyboard - ESC or / depending on direction. Most other file managers require you to use the mouse or the TAB to switch modes, and if it's TAB you can't predict how many times you need to press it.
saagarjha 9y ago
> a tree view to navigate the directory structure is missing in Finder I'm not sure I understand. Doesn't Finder have a tree view?
- donatj 9y ago
  It does.
- miles 9y ago
  This comment[0] from a Path Finder feature request thread[1] explains it: "[N]eed a tree view where you expand/collapse and the 2nd view updates automatically to show the items in the selected folder. So basic, but not available in standard Finder! (and no, the column view does not what I want - not even close!) Currently I use List view, but once you've expanded a few folders, the view gets unwieldily long." [0] nothing beats folders and files for organising stuff! https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/users/726110224-nothing-beats-folders-and-files-for-organising-stu https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/users/726110224-nothing-beat... [1] Add a tree view like in Windows Explorer https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/forums/275-path-finder-ideas/suggestions/3513-add-a-tree-view-like-in-windows-explorer https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/forums/275-path-finder-ideas...
  - saagarjha 9y ago
    I still don't understand how this differs from list view…
    - miles 9y ago
      Maybe this will help: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/161867/file-browser-with-treeview https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/161867/file-browse...

by jeswin 9y ago

squiggleblaz 9y ago

I used to like winfile. Then I switched to the GNU command line, before eventually adopting ROX-Filer. ROX-Filer, now ageing, has no treeview. I do not miss it. (I'm about to tell you my experience. Not because it contradicts yours or because I believe you're wrong, but just because it's different. I'm a different person, so it's no surprise.) I have no solution to (1). It's not something that worries me. The solution to (2) is for it to be conceptually light and easy to have multiple windows open. I use "new window on button 1" and single click to open. This more-or-less does the trick. However the thing which really converted me was the shear ease of using ROX-Filer by keyboard; it gives you access to a nice command-line style interface insofar as you can navigate to the folder you want easily and you can pick the operation first, then the files (i.e. on the commandline you say "rm thisfile", but most guis require you to say "thisfile delete it". ROX-Filer lets you say press DEL and then select the file.) It also has super awesome navigation. And I think most of all, you can switch modes (i.e. between navigating and interacting with files) with the keyboard - ESC or / depending on direction. Most other file managers require you to use the mouse or the TAB to switch modes, and if it's TAB you can't predict how many times you need to press it.

saagarjha 9y ago

> a tree view to navigate the directory structure is missing in Finder I'm not sure I understand. Doesn't Finder have a tree view?

donatj 9y ago
It does.
miles 9y ago
This comment[0] from a Path Finder feature request thread[1] explains it: "[N]eed a tree view where you expand/collapse and the 2nd view updates automatically to show the items in the selected folder. So basic, but not available in standard Finder! (and no, the column view does not what I want - not even close!) Currently I use List view, but once you've expanded a few folders, the view gets unwieldily long." [0] nothing beats folders and files for organising stuff! https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/users/726110224-nothing-beats-folders-and-files-for-organising-stu https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/users/726110224-nothing-beat... [1] Add a tree view like in Windows Explorer https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/forums/275-path-finder-ideas/suggestions/3513-add-a-tree-view-like-in-windows-explorer https://cocoatech.uservoice.com/forums/275-path-finder-ideas...
- saagarjha 9y ago
  I still don't understand how this differs from list view…
  - miles 9y ago
    Maybe this will help: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/161867/file-browser-with-treeview https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/161867/file-browse...