Finder open new Finder tab in the same directory

Question

Is it possible to configure finder in Mavericks to open new tab (by clicking plus sign or cmd+t) in the same directory by default?

Answer 1

Press Command ⌘Control ^O in Finder without having anything selected (otherwise you will open-tab to the selection if it's a folder instead).

Pressing simultaneously Command ⌘Control ^O will open a new tab in the same folder as the currently opened folder.

No need for any extra things in OS X for this ;-)

Answer 2

There is another way to accomplish opening a new tab in the same location, if you don't absolutely need to have it as standard.

Open a Finder window and make sure that the Path bar is shown either by going to View -> Show Path Bar or by pressing ⌥⌘P. You then get the folder hierarchy in a bar at the bottom of the window. Just hold ⌘ and double click any item in that bar to open that folder in a new tab (or new window if not using tabs).

Answer 3

Another similar approach to the one described by Lizzan but which doesn't need the path bar to be visible is to Cmd-click on the current folder in the title bar of your Finder window. This drops down a list of the hierarchical path to the current folder - so the 2nd entry in the list (after the current folder itself) is the parent of the current folder. If you cmd-click on the parent folder it will open in a new tab. To minimise the clicks required if you cmd-click and hold the cmd-click down then when you release it on the parent folder it will open in a new tab.

This approach is very useful if the folder you want in the new tab is actually a sibling of the current folder in the path hierarchy.

Answer 4

In Monterey and later versions of MacOS:

press the Command key while you double-click the folder. The folder opens in a new tab or window, depending on your Finder preferences.

Answer 5

It's possible to create a automator action and turn it to a service, which you can assign a keyboard shortcut too.

Open automator > select create new service > where it says "service receives selected" choose [files or folder] > where it says "in" choose [Finder.app]

Then find the automator action "reveal finder items" and drag it in. That's it. Save it as a service and then go to keyboard prefs and assign it something like ⌃⌘O. Now when you have a folder selected in finder and do that shortcut it will open a new tap to that location.

It's not perfect. I think I like the Command click title and then command click folder technique better but I thought I'd put it out there.

Please write to apple in their feedback page requesting an official finder preference for "new Finder tabs show:" [last opened directory] or [current directory] Maybe they will include in 10.10.

Answer 6

No, there's no option to do this. The new tab uses the following setting from Finder preferences. There's no option to use the current location or a different location for tabs.

Answer 7

There's a Finder add-on/replacement called TotalFinder, which has (among other finder tweaks) an option to open new tabs with the location of the last active tab/window.

It's commercial software ($18USD at the time of writing) so probably only worth it if you also want its other features & tweaks.

Answer 8

Add this to complex modifications in Karabiner.

Basically it will simulate go up once, go down once, then cmd + ctrl + o. The first two to make sure nothing is selected.

It is a bit slow though because we have to wait until we believe the new window / tab is done opening.

    {
        "conditions": [
            {
                "bundle_identifiers": [
                    "^com.apple.finder"
                ],
                "type": "frontmost_application_if"
            }
        ],
        "from": {
            "key_code": "t",
            "modifiers": {
                "mandatory": [
                    "left_command"
                ]
            }
        },
        "to": [
            {
                "key_code": "up_arrow",
                "modifiers": [
                    "right_command",
                    "right_control"
                ]
            }
        ],
        
        "parameters": {
            "basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 500 // 300 is fine for desktop, but laptop balls out on 300. Too slow.  
        },
        
        "to_delayed_action": {
            "to_if_invoked": [
                {
                    // We default to the command 2 list view because otherwise it will break 
                    "key_code": "2",
                    "modifiers": [
                        "right_command"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key_code": "o",
                    "modifiers": [
                        "right_command"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "type": "basic"
    }

Answer 9

In Monterey the Finder window pull-down menu (circle with 3 dots) has an "Open in New Tab" command. I assigned that a keyboard shortcut, ^⌥⌘T, problem solved!