My default sidebar width in Big Sur is too small. While I can click/drag to make folders look wider, that fix only works for folders that I open. If any application calls a new window to open - say for picking a file to attach or upload - the default windows that open render differently and my sidebar shortcuts once again can't be fully seen.
When I drill down into those prefs via CLI to change them, there seem to be about a dozen places in the finder's preferences file that mention the sidebar width:
defaults read com.apple.finder | grep SidebarWidth
SidebarWidth = 174;
SidebarWidth = 221;
SidebarWidth = 221;
"FK_SidebarWidth" = 294;
SidebarWidthTenElevenOrLater = 217;
NSNavSidebarWidth = 120;
SidebarWidth = 178;
SidebarWidth = 260;
SidebarWidth = 135;
SidebarWidth = 248;
SidebarWidth = 0;
SidebarWidth = 221;
I'll spare sharing the entire Finder preferences file as it's ginormous, sooo: I have questions!
- Am I working with the right preference file?
- Which of these mentions is the right one?
Thanks, all.
For @pion, here's the full code pull you'd requested:
WindowState = (
BROw,
{
EntryPoint = "file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/";
ScrollPosition = {
h = 0;
v = 0;
};
ShowToolbar = 0;
SidebarWidth = 0;
Target = "file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/";
ViewHeight = 420;
ViewStyle = icnv;
WindowBounds = {
bottom = 590;
left = 597;
right = 1122;
top = 170;
};
}
);
defaults read com.apple.finder SidebarWidth
SidebarWidth = 0
entry. Can you share its full context?WindowState
isn't a root-level node.