. The Finder Toolbar At the top of every Finder window is a small set of function icons, all in a gradientgray row (Figure 4-6). | . The Finder Toolbar At the top of every Finder window is a small set of function icons all in a gradientgray row Figure 4-6 . The first time you run Mac OS X you ll find only these icons on the toolbar Back Forward. The Finder works something like a Web browser. Only a single window remains open as you navigate the various folders on your hard drive. Figure 4-6. If you -click the upper-right toolbar button repeatedly you cycle through six combinations of large and small icons and text labels. Three examples are shown here. Tip This same -clicking business cycles through the same toolbar variations in Mail Preview and other programs that have toolbars. The Back button returns you to whichever folder you were just looking at. Instead of clicking you can also press - or choose Go Back particularly handy if the toolbar is hidden as described below. The Forward button springs to life only after you ve used the Back button. Clicking it or pressing - returns you to the window you just backed out of. View controls. The four tiny buttons next to the button switch the current window into icon list column or Cover Flow view respectively Section . And remember if the toolbar is hidden you can get by with the equivalent commands in the View menu at the top of the screen or by pressing -1 -2 -3 or -4 for icon list column and Cover Flow view respectively . QuickLook. The eyeball icon opens the Quick Look preview for a highlighted icon or group of them see Section . Action . You can read all about this context-sensitive pop-up menu on page77 Search bar. This little round-ended text box is yet another entry point for the Spotlight feature described in Chapter 3. It s a handy way to search your Mac for some file folder disk or program. . Removing or Shrinking the Toolbar Between the toolbar the Dock the Sidebar and the large icons of Mac OS X it almost seems like there s an Apple conspiracy to sell big screens. Fortunately the toolbar doesn t have to .
