Another thing to do is turn off quick nab and use right arrow to expand the folder.
On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Gavin wrote: > Hi David, > > I've come across this behaviour as well. It seems that, on the Mac, we don't > have 2 different browser dialogs. On Windows, you have an open file dialog > and a browse for folder dialog. On the Mac the normal open file dialog is > shown, and whether or not entire folders will be selected depends on the > application it's used in. In mail, for example, to open items in the dialog, > I always use Command-Down Arrow, as Command-O assumes you want the entire > folder. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > > Gavin > > Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 > Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 > Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 > Email: g.batw...@gmail.com > Mobile Email/MSN: customtra...@live.co.za > Skype: batworx > Mobile Skype: batworx.iPhone > Facebook: http://facebook.com/batworx > Twitter: http://twitter.com/batworx > > On 13 Nov 2011, at 2:18 PM, David Eagle wrote: > >> Here we go again. Just as me and the Mac start to get along, the Mac goes >> and does something completely ridiculous. This time I'm trying to send a >> file attachment in Apple Mail. I'min list view. I like list view and use it >> all the time for various rings but it seems as if Apple Mail doesn't like >> list view at all. I select the downloads folder. Normaly you press Command O >> to open that folder and you're then presented with the files in that folder. >> So I press command O on my downloads folder and the stupid thing announces >> that Mail is busy and then after some time proceeds to attach the whole 5 >> gig folder. This is completely different behaviour to how list view works in >> any other setting. >> >> What can I do? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
