Navigating Folder Hierarchy in Leopard

At first glance, it may appear that the option to navigate folder hierarchy – that is to say, after you navigate down several levels or jump to a folder that is in another folder, to have the ability to move back up the folder levels one at a time – is not available in the Finder window. However, there are several ways to navigate folder hierarchy. To view a folder’s hidden hierarchy menu, Control-Click (or right-click) on the title of the Finder window. You can also Command + Click the title as well. The most recent folder in the hierarchy list is displayed. This will also work in most Mac applications – Control-click the Title Bar so see the hierarchy of the active document.

You can also quickly navigate to the enclosing folder (the next folder above in the hierarchy) by holding down the Command key and pressing the up arrow. In the example above, if you were displaying the Lesson Files folder, pressing  + up arrow will move you to the Desktop folder. Pressing the combination again will bring you to your Home folder (your username). If you wanted to navigate back downward, press the Back button on the Finder toolbar.

If you want to display the folder hierarchy on every Finder window, you can display the Path Bar, a new feature in Leopard, by selecting View > Path Bar from the Finder menu. This will display the path (or hierarchy) of the current folder. Double-click on any folder in the path to jump to that folder. To hide the Path Bar, select View > Hide Path Bar from the Finder menu.

To Navigate Folder Hierarchy

1. Control-click (or Right-click) the Title of the Finder window (or  + click the Title of the Finder window)
2. Click the folder in the menu that you want to display.
3. To navigate folder hierarchy using your keyboard, hold down the  key and press the up arrow key to move to the next folder in the hierarchy.
4. To display the Path Bar on the bottom of the Finder window, select View > Path Bar from the Finder menu. Double-click any folder in the Path Bar to display the contents of the folder.

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