Level 1 (4 points)

Auto-pan still not fixed Mac OS 27

So frustrating! The finder auto-pan in column view is still not fixed in OS 27... This is such a disruption to work-flow, constantly having to drag the scroll bar to the right to access the right hand column. PLEASE FIX THIS APPLE!

Posted on Sep 27, 2026 11:45 PM

7 replies

neuroanatomist

Level 9 (72,871 points)

Sep 28, 2026 5:57 AM in response to The_Hoff_Designs

The workarounds that were available under Tahoe remain viable on Golden Gate:

Set the dialog box to List View

In an Open or Save dialog box, use the toolbar to change the setting

That setting will be retained and upon reopening the dialog box (in any app), the folder shown will be the last used, regardless of how deep it is nested

Use a keyboard arrow press

In the open or save dialog box in Column view, press the right or up/down arrow keys
That will shift the focus to the last folder

Bugs can be reported to Apple here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

At this point, it may be an intentional change on the part of Apple but feedback may get them to reverse it.

I can replicate this issue on macOS 27 Golden Gate. When using an Open or Save dialog in an app such as Photoshop, but also in native macOS apps including Safari, if you are deep in a folder hierarchy in Column view then the expected behavior when you RE-visit that dialog box is for the far right column to be visible. Instead, the hierarchy starts at the left.

@Luis Sequeira1, in Safari, set the Open dialog box to Column view then try opening an appropriate item (image, pdf, etc.) from a deeply nested folder (4-5 deep). Then use Command-O again – does the dialog box start at the right? For me, it starts at the left. Not an issue personally, I use List View anyway.

The_Hoff_Designs Author

Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 28, 2026 5:14 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

It's happening when browsing the finder via programs like the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Word, etc.

Luis Sequeira1

Level 9 (77,942 points)

Sep 28, 2026 6:17 AM in response to neuroanatomist

@Luis Sequeira1, in Safari, set the Open dialog box to Column view then try opening an appropriate item (image, pdf, etc.) from a deeply nested folder (4-5 deep). Then use Command-O again – does the dialog box start at the right? For me, it starts at the left. Not an issue personally, I use List View anyway.

I tried this again, to make sure I wasn't imagining it.

The Open dialog reopens with the selected folder (several levels down, like

/Users/me/Documents/Work/DCM/Image/FFFF/img/...

in view; no scrolling necessary for me (I did see the problem previously, in Tahoe, but mercifully not in GG).

Luis Sequeira1

Level 9 (77,942 points)

Sep 28, 2026 2:03 AM in response to The_Hoff_Designs

Can you tell us in which circumstances you are encountering this? I had this in Tahoe, but in Golden Gate it seems to work mostly fine here.