How To Keep Finder’s Column View Width From Changing
There are many ways to customize Finder to your liking. I happen to like the “View As Columns” setting, just because it’s quicker when going through folders in Finder. Many times when I have a file, the name is so long it gets cut off. Most users just drag the column width temporarily, so it fits. Oddly enough, the next time you open up Finder, the column width goes back to the default setting. To keep the Finder width from changing:
- Open Finder and make sure you’re in the Column View mode.
- Hold down the Option key while holding down the the 2 small vertical marks on the bottom of a column.
- The next time you open Finder in the Column View mode, the filenames should fit perfectly.
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 am
Excellent — great tip, I’ve been wondering how to do that for a while! Cheers.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am
You would not believe how long I have been searching for this exact fix. Thanks for tip, worked great.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Finally! This has been bugging me for so long… Thanks for your help.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Thanks a lot! It works great.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Hip, hip, ho-ray!
Default column width have bugged since their inception. An absolutely awesome (and easy) tip!
May 19th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Thanks immeasurably.
May 19th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
You’re welcome Brian.
October 18th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Agreed, very good tip. However, does anyone know how to have columns default to the size of the longest filename in the column? This would be similar to the double click of the || at the column’s base, but default across all windows.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Hey JPL,
As far as I can tell, there isn’t a way to do that. You can only adjust individual columns.
Thanks,
Mason