When I try to open a file, the open dialog is too wide. It goes past the edges of the screen. It won't let me resize it smaller (I can change the height or make it wider, not narrower). This happens with Safari, BBEdit, MS Word, and other apps. I've noticed it wants to give a HUGE amount of space to the name of files. I've tried narrowing down that column but it doesn't stick. This is exceptionally annoying. Anyone have a fix?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 26.0
n1mie wrote:
When I try to open a file, the open dialog is too wide. It goes past the edges of the screen. It won't let me resize it smaller (I can change the height or make it wider, not narrower). This happens with Safari, BBEdit, MS Word, and other apps. I've noticed it wants to give a HUGE amount of space to the name of files. I've tried narrowing down that column but it doesn't stick. This is exceptionally annoying. Anyone have a fix?
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It is similar on the tiny display of my MacBook Air., even with the display resolution set to "Standard". The windows of the standard apps are opening nearly as large as in fullscreen ode and forget the size I have set before,
You wrote "It won't let me resize it smaller (I can change the height or make it wider, not narrower). "
This may be a problem caused b the new Liquid Glass design. It it hard to find the sweet spot where the resize corners are located. With overlapping windows in dark mode it is hard to tell where to grab a resize corner or drag the left or right border to make the window smaller and the window may not respond. If window does not allow you to make it narrower, it may help to hide all other windows or get them out of the way to make I easier to grab the correct resize corners or borders and resize the window..
Check your screen resolution.
n1mie wrote:
When I try to open a file, the open dialog is too wide. It goes past the edges of the screen. It won't let me resize it smaller (I can change the height or make it wider, not narrower). This happens with Safari, BBEdit, MS Word, and other apps. I've noticed it wants to give a HUGE amount of space to the name of files. I've tried narrowing down that column but it doesn't stick. This is exceptionally annoying. Anyone have a fix?
How long is the Name of the File which is causing this behaviour
Perhaps a Screen Shot showing the length of the problematic file ?
I do remember some time ago, where a user's file name was inordinately long
Causing it to extend beyond the edge of screen
I'm having the same issue! It's really really annoying! I regret updating to macOS Tahoe!
macos 26 open dialog too wide all apps
