Hi Chris, The reason you're experiencing this behavior is an artifact of some visual fanciness Apple went through to make folder Dock icons appealing. As of Snow Leopard, the thing to do is to hit vo-shift-m on the icon you want to access and select List mode, from the two or three possibilities, other including grid and automatic. THis will make the icon into a popup menu, which will include a choice to open the item in the Finder among other things. In Lion, we finally have access to the other modes. Hope this helps, Zack. On Jul 17, 2011, at 6:23 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> OK, I've been having this issue from the day I got my MacBook, but I'll admit > I really haven't botherred myself too much with it. Now that I'm using my > mac a lot more, however, it does pose a bit of a concern. So, here's the > deal. When I hit vo+D, to go to my dock, let's say I go over to where it > says documents. Now, here's the thing, I don't care, if it's an entire > volume, a symbolic alias, or, just a folder. The point is, it's something > that would open up a finder window. I can't get into it! If I hit vo+space, > no good, command+down arrow, nothing, command+O, nada, return/enter, nothing > at all. Space bar, nothing. The only way I see is to either route my mouse > with command+Vo+F5, then click with vo+shift+space, Or hit vo+shift+M to go > to my context menu, then vo+space on open. I figure if files open, and apps > open, then what's the deal! What won't it do the same with things that open > finder windows. Yeah, I know I could put them on my side bar, but honestly I > really don't prefer the side bar. Call me weird, but it's just never really > appealed to me. If anything I find it a bit sloppy. OK, it was a cool > idea/concept, but... meh? I dono. I just don't care for it. I just figure > there's gotta be a trick to this. > > Anyway, thanks for any help. BTW, I prefer column view in my finder, if that > helps. > > Chris. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
