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Provide a "PathFinder as Desktop" mode

Setting "PathFinder as Desktop" literally makes the PathFinder window the desktop. It lives in the background but that is no problem with Expose desktop view.

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    MrHatkenMrHatken shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  MichaelAdminMichael (Admin, Path Finder) responded  · 

    Let us know your thoughts on Lion’s full-screen apps: Do you feel that a full-screen Path Finder window that exists in its own Space would fulfill this request? Please share your ideas in the comments.

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      • XochiXochi commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I would love this. I use full screen a lot and prefer most apps I go into frequently to be sitting in their own screen. This is also true of PathFinder. And with the tab feature, there is no need to have multiple windows open. Nice and tidy.

      • MrHatkenMrHatken commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Now I have Lion I support a fullscreen view but still request a "PathFinder as Desktop" mode. More and more I have trouble with folders on my desktop when I move from laptop to laptop with display and then to another config. Folders get rearranged. With PaD I could use all of the features of PathFinder to manage my view of the filesystem and important folders. When moving to a different display config, I would just get shorter lists etc. It shouldn't be too hard to pin a window to the desktop should it? Thanks for considering. Ashley.

      • Eric SuterEric Suter commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Yes, full screen pathfinder please. With Evernote, 1Password, and others having already implemented the feature, it would be nice to have pathfinder find its own dedicated space as well.

      • PedroFPedroF commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Full screen in Lion yes please! especially when considering people who use it on laptops (smaller screen size and trackpads) the ability to have fullscreen view to see more of the contents in your path finder windows and quickly navigating to and from path finder to other fullscreen apps just by swiping over the trackpad is really helpful and fast. So in one desktop you have the app you use to create the files (Photoshop, Final Cut etc) and the when you need to manage the files you are working on, you simply swipe once and are in Path finder work there. Of course people can always exit fullscreen and have it normally on the desktop if they prefer or need to use some drag and drop there.

      • MrHatkenMrHatken commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Whilst full-screen mode (in a separate space) would be useful I am unsure (not having Lion) whether it would provide all the same benefits as a desktop (e.g. is it easy to drag and drop files from one screen onto another, as one can do from the desktop onto an app or open/save dialog).

        The original motivation for my suggesting this feature was to move beyond the traditional desktop, which has become somewhat unmanageable for me with many folders and items, and having to display it on many different sized monitors (home, work, laptop only).

        It would perhaps be a good first step though, so please give it a go. The only issue I see really is the current use of "draws" (on the sides and bottom of Path Finder). But I am not up to date with how these may be changing in Lion or Path Finder any way.

      • MrHatkenMrHatken commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I find I need this more and more now as I used multiple monitors (of different resolution) with my laptop. My desktop is full of folders and they all get shuffled around (even though I use SwitchResX's save desktop feature).

        With PathFinders as a desktop I could use all the features of a PathFinder window to keep my "new" desktop organised (from the tabbed folders, to menubar items, and, of course, using a column or list view rather than just the icon view of other desktops).

        I think it would (eventually) require some small modifications to the look of the PathFinder window (in this mode) so it doesn't look like a Window with draws etc, but just a partitioned / structured and functional(!) desktop.

      • MichaelAdminMichael (Admin, Path Finder) commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This is a really interesting suggestion. The ability to pin apps to the desktop when using Exposé will hopefully be a part of OS X Snow Leopard, so we'll revisit this feature once it becomes technically possible.

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