| Tip 363 | Be Clever in Open/Save Dialog Boxes |
Here’s a quick trick for those who like to work at the command prompt and who don’t like to take their hands off the keyboard.
Hitting / (forward slash) in a File Open or File Save dialog box will bring up a Go to the Folder dialog box. In the dialog box you can type the path of any folder to go straight there (/Users/keir/Documents, for example). However, the Go to the Folder dialog box also understands relative paths. If you’d like to switch to the parent folder of the one you’re currently browsing, type ../. You can also navigate several folders up the file tree from your current position: Documents/Q4 reports/graphics/, for example.
Just like at the command line, you can hit Tab to autocomplete ...
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