As far as I know, choosing the hide tollbar option automatically puts you in spawning window mode. I have no solution for you other than the one posed by iamnoel. Which is how I have mine set-up. The text-only option takes up very little room, but you still get all the functionality.
Unlike terran74, who thinks he speaks for the rest of us:
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" I take it you are new to the mac. The thing to do is hold down the option key when you open a new folder. This will spawn a window for that folder and then close the one behind it. This is old school way of doing things and is MUCH nicer than the open in the same window stuff in this new version.
The nice thing about this way is lets say you have a window positioned just the right size for its contents the way you want it. If you open a window in the same one, you get the same sized window as the last. Kind of dumb unless you like Windows OS."
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I, for one, am not a windows fan, but enjoy the simplicity of a single window mode for some things, and the option of using the spawning window mode by holding down **APPLE / COMMAND** when double-clicking. Single window mode is especially useful with Column view, where multiple windows can be more of a nuisance than a benefit. NOt to mention, single window mode can be a lot quicker to get around without having to move your cursor a lot, and closing windows.
Again, terran74
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"So this way each window has it's size remembered AND you get to close the one behind it or sometimes not... and you don't have to deal with that ridiculous toolbar that no one uses. At least we have that option, i don't know of one in Windows that closes the one behind it. "
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That ridiculous toolbar is one of the handiest and most work-flow streamlining features that Apple has come up with in years. I use it, and I think a great number of others use it as well. DO you realize, terran74, that the toolbar puts spring-loaded folders to shame, making moving and copying files a quick and painless single-step drag and drop to your most used folders, instead of waiting and navigating through folder after folder when using spring loaded folders. I hope you realize that you can drag and drop items to any folder you put in the toolbar. Because if you think it's useless, I'm guessing you haven't figured this out yet.
Anyhoo, bolindilly, let me know if you find some sort of hack for this, it will be interesting to try it out.
