{"id":50741,"date":"2026-01-15T16:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=50741"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:34:27","slug":"tahoe-broke-resizing-finder-columns-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/15\/tahoe-broke-resizing-finder-columns-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahoe Broke Resizing Finder Column View"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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At the bottom of each column is a resizing widget that you can use to change the width of the columns. Or rather, you could<\/em> use it to change the width of the columns. On macOS Tahoe, the horizontal scroller covers the resizing widget and prevents it from being clicked! Compare with macOS Sequoia, where the horizontal scroller and scroll bar are below the column and allow access to all of the resizing widgets.<\/p>\n

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Notice what happens when you use the default value: not only do the scrollbars disappear, the resizing widgets also disappear.<\/p>\n

You can still resize the columns, though, by hovering over the horizontal column border lines. Thus, it appears that the Finder team did not even test with the combination of columns view and always show scroll bars.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

That’s the problem with settings like Show Scroll bars: Always<\/strong> and the accessibility display options. They’re there because a vocal minority wants them and Apple feels it has to offer them in order to check a box, but it’s clear that its heart isn’t in making them great. Another one I’d put in this category is Natural scrolling<\/strong>. There’s nothing wrong with its behavior, as far as I know, but you can tell from the name that Apple doesn’t want you to turn this off. The Smooth scrolling<\/a><\/strong> checkbox was removed long ago, though thankfully the user default to turn it off still works in most cases.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n