# Reveal in finder/show in finder opens in new finder window not finder tab

**URL:** <https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/reveal-in-finder-show-in-finder-opens-in-new-finder-window-not-finder-tab/158>\
**Category:** TotalFinder\
**Created:** [August 17, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/reveal-in-finder-show-in-finder-opens-in-new-finder-window-not-finder-tab/158 "2013-08-17T22:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhatsys](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mhatsys](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/mhatsys)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/reveal-in-finder-show-in-finder-opens-in-new-finder-window-not-finder-tab/158/1 "2013-08-17T22:31:44Z")

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How’s it going.  
My way of using total finder is that I have one Finder window with all my tabs. Works very well for me. I like not having many finder windows open…Thats kind of the point of having tabs in finder.  
I just upgraded from Snow leopard to mountain Lion. Updated to the latest version of total finder. Now when I choose “reveal in finder” or “show in finder” from any application it opens in a new tab in a new finder window.  
Previously, it would open in a new tab in the one finder window I had open.  
So, that is the desired behavior, Open in a new tab in my one finder window.  
I have tried a bunch of settings, but nothing has been ale to restore this functionality. Any ideas on how I can get this to behave how it used to?

Also, I read somewhere on this site that “Open New tabs w previous location” in prefs would get this behavior that I want. Tried it both checked and unchecked…No luck.

Would appreciate any help on this.

Total finder 1.4.18  
OS X 10.8.4

Cheers,  
Mike

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**Author:** ![Sebastian](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/sebastian/32/2437_2.png) [@Sebastian](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Sebastian)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/reveal-in-finder-show-in-finder-opens-in-new-finder-window-not-finder-tab/158/2 "2013-10-24T10:05:57Z")

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Basically every folder opened form _another space_ than the Finder space opens a new window. I think this is the problem. It works fine as long as you open new folders from whatever app or for example the bin as well in the _same space_ but it opens new windows when opened from another space.  
I too would really appreciate if this could be changed. I’m on Mavericks and new folders from other apps, even in the same space, open a new window here, so TotalFinder is still a bit better and I hope this can be improved so folders opened from another space than Finder would open a new tab as well.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_McMahan](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Greg\_McMahan](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Greg_McMahan)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/reveal-in-finder-show-in-finder-opens-in-new-finder-window-not-finder-tab/158/3 "2015-04-13T02:00:54Z")

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I’m having the same issue. Total Finder 1.6.17, Mac 10.10.2. Some finder windows open in tabs, others not.

Using two monitors, secondary monitor is where I have all the finder windows open.