▲ | dghf 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The difficulty in navigating to arbitrary locations in file open/save dialogs. I wanted to attach a build log to a Teams post (maybe we shouldn't be using Teams on Mac, but it's a corporate decision that's out of my hands), and I could not for the life of me figure how to get the file-selection dialog to look at the relevant folder (which was somewhere under /private/). In the end, I had to use iTerm to copy the file to somewhere the dialog could find. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | rz2k 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It should be more easily discoverable, but command-shift-g lets you type in the path directly, and even has tab completion. If you want to navigate visually, navigate up to the computer or drive where you want to start, then press command-shift-period in order to see all of the directories that are usually hidden. Both of these approaches work in the open and save dialogs, and not just the Finder. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | TurboSkyline 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I would also like a proper address bar in file selection dialogs. The closest alternative I know of is dragging the target folder from an open Finder window into the dialog. Unlike pretty much any other OS, that doesn’t move the folder, but makes the dialog navigate to it. If you don’t have the folder open in Finder, you can do it with `open .` from a terminal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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