# Auto Adjust Width of Columns broken in Mavericks

**URL:** <https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857>\
**Category:** TotalFinder\
**Created:** [November 7, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857 "2013-11-07T22:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jakobud](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/jakobud/32/2428_2.png) [@jakobud](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/jakobud)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857/1 "2013-11-07T22:45:59Z")

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Ever since upgrading to Mavericks, the Automatically Adjust Widths in Column View doesn’t work. When I toggle it on/off I can clearly see that the widths adjust, but they aren’t big enough. There are still items that are shortened in the file browser. Is this a known issue? Can I reset all my TotalFinder settings to defaults again somehow and see if that helps?

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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857/2 "2013-11-08T20:48:53Z")

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Yes, this is known issue. We have to resolve it in the next version. I’m sorry for the troubles.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Malone](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/greg_malone/32/949_2.png) [@Greg\_Malone](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Greg_Malone)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857/3 "2014-09-28T17:11:08Z")

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I’ve just begun evaluating Totalfinder as a better alternative to Path Finder, and immediately notice that the columns view is not auto-adjusting per preferences. I found this thread that is nearly a year old now. I suppose I’m wondering if Totalfinder is still an active project? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857/4 "2014-09-30T16:01:32Z")

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Still actively working on it:  
[http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes](http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes)

@Greg_Malone I don’t have recent reports about broken auto-column-widths feature. Can you give me more pointers what did you try and expected to see? I will investigate.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Malone](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/greg_malone/32/949_2.png) [@Greg\_Malone](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Greg_Malone)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/auto-adjust-width-of-columns-broken-in-mavericks/857/5 "2014-09-30T17:22:32Z")

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Sure thing.  
In Preferences I’ve selected Automatically Adjust Widths in Column View.  
 ![](https://discuss-s3.binaryage.com.s3.amazonaws.com/952c655f66daa8631d70126be7aca847585549da60f.png)

I expected to see that the columns widths’ would shrink down to fit the longest file name in the column, as Path Finder does with the same feature:

 ![](https://discuss-s3.binaryage.com.s3.amazonaws.com/9531b5452da0ac4c2093eb0092d68e2f8a04eced333.png)

But Totalfinder does not adjust the columns. The remain uniform in width:

 ![](https://discuss-s3.binaryage.com.s3.amazonaws.com/9544f2e00cf102205e9448fea76a2d3c664f89f06bb.png)

Thoughts?? Thanks for the help.  
Greg