Default Finder View

etaon · etaon #1 (**permalink**)

05-27-2004, 01:59 PM

How can I set the default view in Finder to be the List view? I don't want to his command-2 every time I open a new directory. I looked in the Finder preferences and view options, but I didn't see anything.

MAC-simus · MAC-simus #2 (**permalink**)

05-28-2004, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by etaon

How can I set the default view in Finder to be the List view? I don't want to his command-2 every time I open a new directory. I looked in the Finder preferences and view options, but I didn't see anything.

finder remembers the last setting for view. you dont have to change it every time you open the window

etaon · etaon #3 (**permalink**)

05-28-2004, 10:26 PM

It remembers the last setting for a specific directory I've already opened, but whenever I open a new directory that I haven't opened before in Finder, it defaults to the Icon view. Is that how it should normally behave?

cvx5832 · cvx5832 #4 (**permalink**)

12-03-2006, 06:50 PM

I couldn't believe how "undocumented" and hard this was to figure out.

The desired view will "take" if

- you are currently on an Administrator account, and
- you change the view (via the view selectors) while the Home account/folder is selected.

Paolo

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etaon #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-27-2004, 01:59 PM How can I set the default view in Finder to be the List view? I don't want to his command-2 every time I open a new directory. I looked in the Finder preferences and view options, but I didn't see anything.

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Member Since: Nov 25, 2006 Posts: 72	12-03-2006, 06:50 PM I couldn't believe how "undocumented" and hard this was to figure out. The desired view will "take" if - you are currently on an Administrator account, and - you change the view (via the view selectors) while the Home account/folder is selected. Paolo

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