Check out that Preview setting that Herbie suggested. You can find it in the View menu, or use CMD + Shift + P, to toggle it on/off.
- Brad - On Dec 9, 2020, at 19:13, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: I'm surely not. But I'll try pressing Left Arrow and see if they close when it happens. On 12/9/2020 8:06 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > Sounds like you are pressing the right arrow key when you land on a folder > name,, which expands the folder to reveal the folder’s contents. > > - Brad - > > > On Dec 9, 2020, at 18:55, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com > <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: > > I've had Macs of various stripes in my life since 2009, and I'm always > stumped by the following problem when I set up a new one, which I just did > today with the arrival of the Mini with the M1 processor. If I display files > and folders in a list view, as ai arrow down and encounter a folder, it > automatically opens, showing me its contents in the list. I usually have that > set to open if and only if I use the Command-Down Arrow command to do so. > What setting do I need to change to stop folders from automatically opening, > and return to the way they were on previous versions of MacOS? Some to whom I > have put this question have insisted I use Column View which they say is much > easier and more intuitive. To this, I say, thanks but no thanks, I like my > list view, and I want it to behave as it has probably since Snow Leopard. > > > Thanks in advance. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/bb66c592-3cb2-c3fc-5510-ab8981dd3ef1%40noisynotes.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/bb66c592-3cb2-c3fc-5510-ab8981dd3ef1%40noisynotes.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AE462BDC-85F6-4067-922E-EEED274499CA%40swbell.net.
