Make the trash in the dock work in Path Finder. At the moment I need to have the Finder open as well just to use the trash in the Dock.

Replace the Finder in the Dock. I just can't be doing with the Finder sitting there taking up valuable Dock space when I don't even use it.

Apple-Option-O should open a application / folder / file AND close the window, like finder. Or at least open the selected file. Old muscle memory from Finder makes me use it all the time, but in PathFinder I end up just scrolling to the 'O' section.

In order for Path Finder to completely replace the Finder for me, it still needs to add the missing "Languages" section from the Finder's "Get Info" window. As a native English speaker living in Japan, there are some times where I'm perfectly fine working in Japanese, but some applications where I'd just be more comfortable working in English. The "Languages" section allows me to deselect those languages I don't want to use for any given application - a feature that Apple's Finder has, but Path Finder doesn't.

Similar to Finder, make pathfinder remember the last sort order selected in a particular folder.

I have frequently used folder actions configured using Finder, which triggers one of Automator's workflow scripts. This does not trigger when I have Path Finder loaded. Finder's desktop is hidden, if that matters. Perhaps this is a subcomponent of "Fully replace the Finder"??

In any icon view window, when you set an image as a window background under the Show View Options/Set Colors/Picture/Draw Picture Background the background image does not align with the icons like Finder does. PF seems to almost align it randomly, changing the alignment as you change the window size. The background image should anchor top/left fixed and stay at 100% scale so we can use the many great "shelf" style Finder backgrounds.

This one sticking point has kept me from completely moving to Path Finder (or even upgrading again)

In Finder, when you open a new window in Icon or Column View and press the right arrow, it highlights the first file or folder. This should be the default behavior for Path Finder, too.

I think your realization of sidebar is too dangerous for use. User can suddenly copy contents from one partition to another, or copy the whole partition to some folder. It must be solved. Standart finder's manipulations (only drag up or down to change their position in list) is much safer.

After finding a list of search results, allow user to select the results and command-option-drag them to another folder (or the stack) to create aliases or control-drag to create symlinks. I can't find anywhere in the documentation whether control-dragging a file/folder currently creates a symlink or is just duplicate functionality of command-option-drag. Either way, you get the idea. This functionality is allowed in the Finder from a Spotlight search results window.

The existing method of File > Reports > Pasteboards is downright ugly compared to the Finder.

The finder allows you to set your view options to Arrange By: None, so you can manually rearrange and sort file icons at will.

The finder allows you to copy multiple files/folders with the same name and paste them into the same location. It'll just add a number to the end of the filename of any subsequent files with the same name, provided that they are all copying at the same time. Would be nice if Path Finder did this too.

In finder when I resize the right-most column to the right, I the window enlarges. Pathfinder should do the same. If I stretch it beyond the window's width, it should stretch the window/panel, *not* increase the horizontal scroll area so that I have a larger column, but must use the horizontal scroll to see it.

Alternatively, I'd like to have a Trash icon on the sidebar so we can drag items easily to the Trash.
Thanks! - Arthur.

In short, I am not sure why right clicking on folders on the right shows different commands than clicking on folders in the left sidebar.

Since the user library folder is hidden by default, the Finder has an option to go to the folder directly from the "Go" menu by holding the Option key. Would be nice for the PathFinder to mirror this feature.