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• Jonny commented  ·  January 12, 2012  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I've been using windows since forever (3.11), but bought a mac a few days ago. I like it a lot, but the first thing I felt needed to be replaced is the finder. Google brought me here, and I thought $40 should probably give me a top-notch replacement. After installing the trial-version, and playing around for a bit, I was amazed that I couldn't edit the path manually. So I googled again, and found this suggestion. As many others have said here, this is the single reason I won't buy this app. I have a bunch of machines in my network, and being able to go to \\something\cool is a must! I'll be using muCommander until you fix this, or I find another premium app.

• Giuseppe Leonardo Cascella commented  ·  October 27, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I'm a fan of PF, but it's unbelievable that the path bar is not editable.
  Of course it will increase the user's productivity, please do that asap!!!
  thanks a lot, Leo

• Mike Schinkel commented  ·  July 25, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  The fact this is missing from Finder is my #1 complaint about the Mac, especially considering how damn easy it would be to add. All the other fancy features that PathFinder adds are nice, but I'd do away with every one of this if I could just have this one feature. I used this literally 10s if not 100s of times a day on Windows. Why is the idea of adding this so hard for Mac people?

  The FIRST Finder replacement that adds this feature will be the one I will use. Maybe it will be PathFinder?

• hajikelist commented  ·  July 11, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  oh please - please do this - there's nothing available short of popping open terminal and typing out "open /my/path" . this is such a useful feature for those of us that do a lot of file management/ftp and scripting - Konqueror does a bang up job of this since you can actualy use fish:// to get to remote folders via SSH - also directly navigating to smb:// shares etc would be as simple as typing the path. it's awesome from every perspective!

• Ryan Clark commented  ·  March 29, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @Michael: A simple raw path text box would be a boon for windows users just because that's the interface they're accustomed to. That feature would make Pathfinder very attractive to switchers and multi-platform-users. I know several who would buy pathfinder just for that feature.

  It's not that there's anything wrong with the way pathfinder implements copying and editing paths; it's just that I've spent 15 years doing it differently.

  A raw text box is also the interface used to copy and edit URLs in pretty much every web browser, so it will seem natural to a many users, even if they aren't accustomed to windows.

• Branson Matheson commented  ·  February 11, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I have to agree with this one .. especially if we can enter network paths similar to explorer.exe. Bonus points if it auto-completes for available network paths from Bonjour and Netbios.

• Philipp commented  ·  January 10, 2011  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Yes, this would be much more convenient and quicker than choosing either "copy path / as unix" or "go to folder" each time!
  Dont feel ashamed of copying good ideas, even if they are from MS ;-)
  (at least as long as they dont sue you)

• iheartpie commented  ·  November 10, 2010  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @neilio That's only a solution to half the problem, and a convoluted one at that.

• iheartpie commented  ·  November 10, 2010  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This one one of the very few features in windows I liked.

  I wouldn't recommend copying it directly as from a usability POV it's not a very clean method; but having a button next to the path, 'copy path' would be sufficient; ideally a little clipboard icon as the last step in the breadcrumb.

• Dr. Ced commented  ·  May 28, 2010  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I can just agree, switching from raw editable path text and buttons is something I'm used to and I like a lot. This is probably because of my Linux habits. Note that something disappointing in the current version is we cannot drag a path button to drop it to, e.g., a terminal with the effect to copy/paste the path it corresponds into the terminal. It's possible from any icon, including the one on the top of the window, but doing it from the path navigator bar would be neat.

• kent commented  ·  January 31, 2010  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I'd like to see this idea as well!

  Regarding the 'cmd-L' suggestion, I disagree with this because it adds an extra step. The nice advantage of a feature like this is that it would be immediately there when you want it and not intrusive. I suggest a better way to implement it would be to have the text 'segments' function almost like 'hyperlinks' in that clicking on one of them would function like a button, but a .click and drag. action would allow the text to be selected and edited.

  My preference would be to have the UI location update automatically as text path info is entered/edited.

• Joe Carroll commented  ·  August 10, 2009  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I've always felt that the correct behaviour for the Go To command in the Finder, and, by extension, in Path Finder, should be that the field you type the destination path into should be automatically populated with the present working directory of the window currently in focus. The Go To sheet in Path Finder almost does this already. Perhaps a small change to this feature to have the text field pre-populated and selected (so you can copy or type over the PWD path immediately) would be best? I don't see the need to fundamentally change the path navigator bar.

• AdminMichael (Admin, Path Finder) commented  ·  May 23, 2009  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  All of the core functionality is here - the Path Navigator shows the current location, and "Go to Folder" (shift-command-g) provides an editable text field auto-filled with the current path.

  We may be able to add an editing feature to the Path Navigator. Is there a benefit to having the raw path text always exposed?

• Grant commented  ·  May 17, 2009  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I agree with the command + L suggestion. Leave the bar as is, and when you press command + L it switches to and editable text field

• Ignus Geyer commented  ·  April 19, 2009  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Yah, this will be awesome.
  Keep the current "path bar" as is and when a user click next to it, the user should be able to edit the address/url/path.

• Chris White commented  ·  January 13, 2009  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I agree on this one, having it implemented in line is one of the things I miss most when I'm on my Macs

• eirens commented  ·  November 27, 2008  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is huge to me. I haven't succeeded in convincing the PF developers to use the screen real estate for an editable "Address:" field showing all the time. I wish they'd consider this a priority -- it's huge for me.

• matthewadams commented  ·  November 04, 2008  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Ooo -- I like that Command-L suggestion! Do it to it!

• abhibeckert commented  ·  October 26, 2008  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I'd do this with an edit button on the path navigator bar, and a keyboard shortcut (I would use "Command-L" like a web browser and find another shortcut for creating aliases)

• munkymorgy commented  ·  August 27, 2008  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Windows, Unix and Linux has always had this, come on MAC