Customize Width of Column View in Finder

[Talarspeed]

Can you change the default size of the widths of the columns when you open Finder in Column View?

I'm getting tired of grabbing the drag-bars and adjusting every time just so I can read the truncated text in sub-folders.

Thanx!

 

[Gregg2]

I entered your topic line in a Yahoo search bar, this is what I got:
How To Keep Finder’s Column View Width From Changing

Hope it works for you! Let us know.

 

[Jon-Luke]

With Snow Leopard its very easy... Just hold down the Alt Key and use your mouse to set the column width. Finder will then remember this as the default setting.

 

[Talarspeed]

Thanx guys! This is exactly what I wanted! And it works!

 

[dbonneville]

This works for Finder, but how about in applications? For instance, I can set the width of the left column (shortcuts, network, etc.) in Finder using Alt, but when I go to open a file via Illustrator, the first column is so narrow I can't read any items in full. And then, the file columns are narrow and never remember to open wide enough to show the file names. Can this be fixed?