Selecting Icons

sailorfoley

Hey,

in finder how do i select all the icons between 2 selected icons?

i.e. in windows if i select an icon and hold shift and then click an icon 5 icons to the left then all 6 are selected. how is the same operation performed in Mac OS X?

Thanks.

xebec

Select one icon, then hold down the Shift key while selecting the next.

K.O.Kiki

Never found a way of doing that. I just mouseHold-drag-select them all.
Isn't as annoying as "Cut" missing in Finder tho.

xebec

Definitely works for me in Finder, not on the the desktop though.

pa

xebec wrote:

Definitely works for me in Finder, not on the the desktop though.

It works in List and Column view in Finder. It doesn't work in Icon view, shift-click works identically to command-click there. The Desktop is always in Icon view.

K.O.Kiki

pa wrote:

It works in List and Column view in Finder. It doesn't work in Icon view, shift-click works identically to command-click there. The Desktop is always in Icon view.

Ah, that would explain it. I ALWAYS use Icon view while browsing :rolleyes:

sailorfoley

ok so is there any way to force finder to open all windows in list view? i have tried using the preferences window to have it the way i want it and then selcected apply to all windows but some still open in icon view.

xebec

In finder, open Preference, under the General tab click Open new windows in column view. All new windows you open then should be in column view.