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Messiah
02-07-2005, 04:47 AM
Does anybody know if there is a utility that allows the full filename to be displayed in the column view within the Open & Save dialog boxes?

Because of our workflow, each file must be named like so:

12345-ClientName-DescriptionPlacedHere_4.pdf

The first five digits are the job number, followed by the client's name and a description of the file, then theres the revision number and the file extension. This ensures that you can tell exactly what a file is without having to open it.

At the moment, whenever I'm in any application and I go to the open or save dialog boxes I can only see the first few characters because the name is truncated. It doesn't matter how far you 'grow' the box, the column widths don't expand accordingly – which is a bummer on a 23" display!

Mr. Me
02-07-2005, 08:33 AM
Originally posted by Messiah
Does anybody know if there is a utility that allows the full filename to be displayed in the column view within the Open & Save dialog boxes?

Because of our workflow, each file must be named like so:

12345-ClientName-DescriptionPlacedHere_4.pdf

The first five digits are the job number, followed by the client's name and a description of the file, then theres the revision number and the file extension. This ensures that you can tell exactly what a file is without having to open it.

At the moment, whenever I'm in any application and I go to the open or save dialog boxes I can only see the first few characters because the name is truncated. It doesn't matter how far you 'grow' the box, the column widths don't expand accordingly – which is a bummer on a 23" display! Drag the divider between column names to the right.

Messiah
02-07-2005, 09:12 AM
The resize thumbs don't appear in the Open/Save boxes, unfortunately.

Code Master
02-07-2005, 11:05 AM
They do in Panther at least

ChrisG
02-07-2005, 11:18 PM
They do in Cocoa apps not most Carbon apps (like Photoshop, InDesign)

Messiah
02-08-2005, 03:19 AM
Originally posted by ChrisG
They do in Cocoa apps not most Carbon apps (like Photoshop, InDesign)

Mmmm…

So I don't suppose you know if there is a utility that will enable this functionality in Carbon apps (like Photoshop, InDesign)?

Hobbes
02-08-2005, 10:02 AM
Default Folder (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7214) is the only open/save dialog enhancement I know about, but I'm not sure if it does what you want.

Why not just use list view?