Resolved Onyx app: How does Finder option Autosize Columns work?

[jimthing]

Onyx app (4.7.x) for Sequoia has a new feature (or at least one I haven't noticed yet!) called "Autosize Columns" in Finder parameters, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work.

(Location in the app: Parameters > Finder > Windows > Autosize Columns)

The very minimalistic user guide (by pressing the "?" mark in the window) only gives this explanation:

• Autosize columns
  You can use this option to turn on or turn off whether column width is automatically adjusted in the Finder windows.

I use List view, so I turned it on, resized all the Name columns in my many Finder windows/tabs to the width I like, then did a restart. But the Finder windows all opened with the Name columns back to how they always are (too small to read the contents, as per always!).

Q: Does any one know how this is supposed to actually work?

Is this the mythical longterm feature fix for Finder's List view we've all been waiting for, that magically keeps the widths of our columns just as we left them, between closing then opening Finder, and/or Mac restarts? Or is this something completely different? I've tried playing around with it, but I'm buggered if I can work out what it does!?

 

[Adora]

It's not for the columns in List view, but for Columns view it seems to work. I just tried it.

 

[Adora]

This happens automatically when activated:

 

[jimthing]

It's not for the columns in List view, but for Columns view it seems to work. I just tried it.

Oh I see, thanks! Yes you're right; Column view only.

Bummer though, as it's the List view where this would be a game-changer – for the Name column especially!

Maybe I'll drop the French dev an email to see if its something that could be considered for a future release.

Many thanks again @Adora !

 

[Adora]

Oh I see, thanks! Yes you're right; Column view only.

Bummer though, as it's the List view where this would be a game-changer – for the Name column especially!

Maybe I'll drop the French dev an email to see if its something that could be considered for a future release.

Many thanks again @Adora !

Finder is really annoying in list view. I never understood what will be saved and what is disappeared after a Finder restart. And I almost only use List view since many years. It always has been a mess.

 

[Adora]

I think I also found this option many years ago in Onyx and wondered why nothing happened because this Column view has never been a thing for me.

 

[jimthing]

Like a lot of people, I too live In List view in Finder, and Column resizing has ALWAYS been a pain – as almost everyone who uses it knows well.

Year after year after year, Apple never make a function to retain the sizes of your columns after restarting the app or your machine. It's one of those rituals users have to go through when they restart; re-setup column widths so file names can be read properly. Annoying, but there we are.