Hi
It does this to me, as well. From what I can see, it's just the way
OS X handles things. It does make some sense, though, since selection
in list and column modes works a bit differently than it does on
other GUI platforms such as Windows or Gnome. When you open a folder,
you're automatically selected on the first item in that folder. I'm
guessing that from the point of view of the OS, when you delete an
item, there's no item selected (which makes sense) and so it puts you
back at the top of the previous folder. To me, it would seem more
logical just to have no item selected. Perhaps we should suggest it
to Apple. I'm not exactly sure how icon view reacts either, as I
prefer column mode. But I believe selection works a bit differently,
so I'll try it.
On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:06 PM, yvonne thomson wrote:
Hi, all.
I don't know if this has been discussed before, and I certainly
can't find it in the archives, but I've got a question about the
finder.
Here's the story. I'm sorting out my incoming directory. It's got
downloaded files, random text snippets, that kind of thing. I need
to delete some, move others, you know the drill. The problem is, it
seems that in list mode or column mode, whenever I hit cmd-delete
to send things to the trash, I get zapped to the top of the folder
I'm in, rather than staying where I was when I deleted the file. I
have the usual, all cursors tracking each other setup. So, can
anyone explain to me *why* this happens? I'm presuming it's os x
thing rather than a VO thing, but I haven't been using it long
enough to be sure. As for Icon mode, I don't use it much, and
testing it now, I have absolutely no idea *what* it's doing in that
case.
