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Thank you for the cmd-shift-g tip. That will save me a lot of grief. Re your second tip: how do you navigate up? I couldn’t see an obvious way to do that, eith

by dghf 1y ago

Thank you for the cmd-shift-g tip. That will save me a lot of grief. Re your second tip: how do you navigate up? I couldn’t see an obvious way to do that, either.

rz2k 1y ago
The title of the current location next to "Where:" is a pop up button which will show you the parent directories. There is also a sidebar that appears if you toggle the small button that is an upside down caret.
lukasgraf 1y ago
This is outside the context the "Open File" dialog from your original question, but here's another tip about "navigating up": In many application windows you can navigate the hierarchical directory structure that contains the currently open file by right-clicking on the document name/icon in the window's title bar. E.g. in Preview, Pages, Finder, ..., hover over the file or directory name in the window's title bar. If you right click on it, a pop-out will appear with a vertical hierarchical list of that file's parent folders. Selecting one of the parent folders will open a new Finder window at that location, allowing you to quickly navigate to a file's containing folder. And some additions to the tips in other comments: - Dragging a file or directory from finder to the terminal will paste its path onto your shell - iTerm has Finder integrations. Right click on a folder in Finder, Services -> New iTerm2 Window Here And you might enjoy some of these Finder tweaks from my "dotfiles" (just run them on the shell): # Set Documents as the default location for new Finder windows # For other paths, use `PfLo` and `file:///full/path/here/` defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget -string "PfDo" defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file://${HOME}/Documents/" # Finder: show hidden files by default defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true # Finder: show all filename extensions defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true # Finder: show status bar defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true # Finder: show path bar defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true # Keep folders on top when sorting by name defaults write com.apple.finder _FXSortFoldersFirst -bool true # Enable spring loading for directories defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.springing.enabled -bool true # Use list view in all Finder windows by default # Four-letter codes for the other view modes: `icnv`, `clmv`, `glyv` defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "Nlsv" # Show the ~/Library folder chflags nohidden ~/Library && xattr -p com.apple.FinderInfo ~/Library 2>/dev/null && xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo ~/Library # Show the /Volumes folder sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes # Expand the following File Info panes: # “General”, “Open with”, and “Sharing & Permissions” defaults write com.apple.finder FXInfoPanesExpanded -dict \ General -bool true \ OpenWith -bool true \ Privileges -bool true
ninkendo 1y ago
Command+Up

by dghf 1y ago

Thank you for the cmd-shift-g tip. That will save me a lot of grief. Re your second tip: how do you navigate up? I couldn’t see an obvious way to do that, either.

rz2k 1y ago

The title of the current location next to "Where:" is a pop up button which will show you the parent directories. There is also a sidebar that appears if you toggle the small button that is an upside down caret.

lukasgraf 1y ago

This is outside the context the "Open File" dialog from your original question, but here's another tip about "navigating up": In many application windows you can navigate the hierarchical directory structure that contains the currently open file by right-clicking on the document name/icon in the window's title bar. E.g. in Preview, Pages, Finder, ..., hover over the file or directory name in the window's title bar. If you right click on it, a pop-out will appear with a vertical hierarchical list of that file's parent folders. Selecting one of the parent folders will open a new Finder window at that location, allowing you to quickly navigate to a file's containing folder. And some additions to the tips in other comments: - Dragging a file or directory from finder to the terminal will paste its path onto your shell - iTerm has Finder integrations. Right click on a folder in Finder, Services -> New iTerm2 Window Here And you might enjoy some of these Finder tweaks from my "dotfiles" (just run them on the shell): # Set Documents as the default location for new Finder windows # For other paths, use `PfLo` and `file:///full/path/here/` defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTarget -string "PfDo" defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file://${HOME}/Documents/" # Finder: show hidden files by default defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true # Finder: show all filename extensions defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true # Finder: show status bar defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true # Finder: show path bar defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true # Keep folders on top when sorting by name defaults write com.apple.finder _FXSortFoldersFirst -bool true # Enable spring loading for directories defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.springing.enabled -bool true # Use list view in all Finder windows by default # Four-letter codes for the other view modes: `icnv`, `clmv`, `glyv` defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "Nlsv" # Show the ~/Library folder chflags nohidden ~/Library && xattr -p com.apple.FinderInfo ~/Library 2>/dev/null && xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo ~/Library # Show the /Volumes folder sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes # Expand the following File Info panes: # “General”, “Open with”, and “Sharing & Permissions” defaults write com.apple.finder FXInfoPanesExpanded -dict \ General -bool true \ OpenWith -bool true \ Privileges -bool true

ninkendo 1y ago

Command+Up