I have set up my folders to have snap to grid by default. I like that so I don't have to go about rearranging should something move. But I also would like my folders to be arranged by name - again useful for when things move around - nice to have them still sorted by name. The problem is "show view options" only allows you to choose one of these options and apply as a default. I also can't locate a global setting to choose both. Does anyone know how to set folders to default to both snap to grid and name? I know I can set to snap to grid and then manually select arrange by name on each folder however every time you change the contents of a folder this requires me to to perform that action again. I am looking for a simple way to change this once and use permanently.
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Snap to grid AND arrange by name as folder default?
- Thread starter beckiebr
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This confuses me... When you choose the sort by name option under "show view options" it should also arrange the icons in a grid. It does on my computer. The icons can't be automatically arranged by name if they are not in a grid...
