pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (05/16/91)
In article <52890@apple.Apple.COM> nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) writes: >In article <1991May14.010900.4742@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >> >>2) The finder find command seems very fast. However can you tell it not to >>present me with an icon of the file its found, but to show me where the file is >>(you know- something like disk20:folder1:folder2:looked_for_filw like the old >>findfile DA used to do). I've fiddled with views but nothing there seems >>promising. >> > Find will always bring up the window and select it's icon. The vast majority >of users will use Find to locate a file so they can use it. The Finder is >merely catering to this majority. Once the file is showing in the window, simply hold down the command key and click on the window title. Shazam, a path to the file is shown, from the root of the disk to the current folder. I like this functionality a LOT. -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company | | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 | Parachuting? Why jump out of a | | => pejacoby@3m.com | perfectly good airplane? | | (612) 737-3211 | |