Hello,
If you are in column view, you can use VO plus left and right arrows to do the 
same thing as just using the arrow keys used to do. This is a possible bug that 
has been reported to apple.

Greg Wocher


> On Nov 15, 2020, at 11:53 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Apple's documentation indicates that using right/left-arrow to 
> expand/collapse folders works only in list view.
> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
> 
> On 11/15/20, 11:26, "Paul Hopewell" <[email protected] on 
> behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
> 
>    Hello,
>    Column view is my preferred Finder interface. In the past I used to use 
> Right Arrow to expand a folder and Left Arrow to colllapse a folder. This no 
> longer works in Bigsur.
>    However using Tab to expand a folder and Shift+Tab to collapse a folder 
> works fine. I recall this is how Windows works. I prefer the Right Arrow and 
> Left Arrow but can live with the Tab key approach.
>    Hope this helps others who have encountered this problem.
>    Best regards … Paul Hopewell
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