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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Find showing a path (was Re: MacroMaker- has system 7 killed it?)
Message-ID: <1991May16.142242.15121@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 16 May 91 14:22:42 GMT
References: <1991May14.010900.4742@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <52890@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
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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.
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