Welcome to the Path Finder feature request page! We're going to try this out for a while as an experiment to help us figure out what features we should be working on. Submit your ideas, vote on existing feature requests, and let us know what you think!
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845 votes
Queued files copies
When you launch 2 big files copies (File Copy A, then File copy B), the finder and pathfinder do both file copies at the same time. This is utterly inefficient as the HD head constantly move from file A to File B back and forth to copy a bit of A, then a bit of B. A much more efficient way is to ... more
Status: startedWe'd like to get this finished for Path Finder 6.
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555 votes
OpenMeta File Tagging
Supporting Open Meta, standard for tagging files.
[Open Meta]
http://code.google.com/p/openmeta/I would like to view and edit the tags within Path FInder.
Status: startedIt's in the works and will hopefully make it in to Path Finder 6.
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498 votes
Add a Windows Explorer-esque tree-view
Status: under reviewWe're considering a tree view for Path Finder 6.
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427 votes
Fully replace the Finder
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.
Plus, when in exposé the Path Finder Desktop disappears and I'm left with a blank background with no use.
Replace the Finder in the Dock. I just can't be do... more
Status: plannedPath Finder 5.1.4 gets us a bit closer to this goal.
Remove the Finder icon from the dock and application switcher:
1. Path Finder > Finder > Enable Finder's "Remove from Dock"
2. Right-click on the Finder dock icon and select "Remove from Dock." This works even while the Finder is running, allowing it to run silently in the background.Path Finder's desktop can be pinned in place when using Exposé:
1. Click on Path Finder's Desktop
2. Choose View > Show View Options
3. Click "Set Colors", and mark "Use the Finder's desktop window level"The dock's trash can is hard-coded to use the Finder, so there's nothing we can do about it. We may add the option to remove it from the Dock in a future release.
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407 votes
Add FTP-upload support
Status: under reviewWritable FTP support will be a tremendous amount of work, but we'd love to add it to a future Path Finder upgrade.
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337 votes
Add sync 2 folder (local and remote)
How would you use this feature? Please respond in the comments.
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278 votes
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274 votes
Handle archives like regular folders
Just like in Windows: list contents, traverse directories, extract/copy/move selected files, move files and folders in and out.
The technology is already in place (stuffit), but I doubt a simple plugin would do it - this feature is up to Cocoatech to implement.
It has been possible in Windows f... more
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267 votes
Add merge folder feature (ala Windows)
Status: under reviewWe're evaluating whether we now have the time and resources to implement this feature.
From Neilio:
This is a very difficult feature to add - I won't say it's impossible, but at the very least it's a huge amount of work. The problem is that Path Finder doesn't actually handle any file operations on its own: at it's core it simply asks the OS to do something and then displays the results.
Merging is not part of the current OS file system, so we'd have to subvert the OS's file operations to add this feature, which is a huge amount of work. I know you can do this via the command line using cp but again, simply writing a GUI for a command line feature isn't that straightforward.
I've marked this as declined mostly so it's understood that we don't foresee this being added to Path Finder in the nearish future, but it's definitely something on our "someday" list to at least investigate.
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226 votes
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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220 votes
Make the path navigator text-editable
PF shows the current path in the path navigator with each segment as buttons so you can jump to a directory in the path. What I'd like to see is more of a "URL bar". Basically allowing a "Go to folder" feature. I like how Vista's Explorer has implemented this: it shows the but... more
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189 votes
Batch File Rename
Build in a batch file renaming function similar to Many Trick's Name Mangler (http://manytricks.com/namemangler/) - which is a free application. Then have little drop boxes associated with specific directories that append preset file renaming instructions when files are dragged to them.
Status: planned -
179 votes
Dual pane - one click copy/move
Hi - have a look at Total Commander in the Win World: When I click copy in the top menu bar it just copies from one pane to the other.
Status: planned -
156 votes
Add 'Recently Closed Tabs' (like Firefox)
Or, alternately, the ability to 'undo' an accidental closing of a tab.
Status: under review -
153 votes
Automatically resize columns
Have columns automatically resize if not wide enough & set parameters as to not resize over x length and not to resize under x length.
Status: under review -
110 votes
More flexible sidebar/drawers
1. The option to be able to add more than 2 shelves per drawer.
2. Allow the Drop Stack and Trash to be placed anywhere on the Sidebar or Drawer.
3. Ability to 'group' items in a shelf, so similar items can be put under a group heading. (suggestion 1 may solve this).
4. Styling for Shelf headers... moreStatus: under reviewThis will require substantial changes to Path Finder, so we'll investigate this as a possible feature for Path Finder 6.
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106 votes
Add Dropbox icon badge support
Status: startedWe've provided the Dropbox team with a means of displaying icon badges in Path Finder, so it's up to them at this point.
Please cast your vote in the Dropbox Votebox:
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96 votes
Compare modification dates & sizes when overwriting files
Show the changed-dates and sizes for files with the same name.
Give the dialog an option to replace dest. files that are older than the source files.
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83 votes
Add tools to Compare/select files in Dual Pane to help sync
Now that V5 has Dual Pane mode, we need tools to quickly see what files match, which files have the same name but a different file size or modification date ( etc...), and which files are not in each directory and have the ability to sort them as such.
I would recommend also color coding the fil... more
Status: under review
