Collapsing file groups in Mac finder

Question

A folder in my mac is set to list view and files are grouped by kind like Images, Movies, documents etc. I wonder if there is a way to expand/collapse entire groups.

In windows, there's an arrow next to the group name and when you click it, the group will expand/collapse. But I can't find a way to do that in mac. If I have hundreds of files in one category, say, Images, I have to scroll all the way to reach the next one (movies, documents etc). If this is not possible in finder, is there any alternative?

Edit: To be clear, I'm wondering if there's a way to expand/collapse the group headers (eg: Images, movies, documents etc) and not folders.

Answer 1

None of the groupings allows you to collapse/expand folder in List view. So to facilitate quick grouping, (I forgot defaults) go to View menu -> customise toolbar and include the icon in toolbar.

• You can group by None and then later set Sort by to Kind. It will not allow "Kind" groups to be collapsed, but allows the same for folders, at least.

• After your edit, I am prompted to suggest the Icon view and Group by Kind. It has collapse and expand groups of a particular kind.

Answer 2

Clicking the disclosure triangle on a closed folder while in list view, opens that folder showing all of the contained folders within, collapsed.

(Option + Clicking) the disclosure triangle on a closed folder while in list view, opens that folder showing all of the contained folders within, expanded.

Continual clicking of (Command + Left Arrow) on an opened sub folder while in list view, selects its containing folder, etc. until eventually arriving at the original main folder.

(Option + Clicking) the disclosure triangle on an expanded folder while in list view, closes that folder and collapses all of the contained folders within.