Open folder in "new tab" instead of "new window" in Finder?

[redditor]

Hello there.

I have keyboard shortcut to launch a folder:

Is there anyway to make it open in “new Finder tab” instead of “new Finder window”?

Thank you.

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

Unortunately Finder doesn't offer a way to do that directly - it requires some scripting.

Personally I use this setting on all of my Macs to solve this:

Here is a basic action sequence that could achieve the same:

This is the used apple script to change the current folder after the tab has opened:

set p to "/Users/andi/Downloads"


tell application "Finder"
    set targetFolder to POSIX file p as alias
    -- set the *front window* to the folder (this typically affects the newly created tab)
    set target of front window to targetFolder
end tell

[redditor]

Thank you, you legend. I think i’ll go with the Apple Script solution for now, that’s awesome.

I earlier used to enable “prefer tabs when opening docs ALWAYS” but then ran into a Finder bug wherein files are opening in BACKGROUND in Preview. To solve it, i had to disable “prefer tabs” setting. (more info here - https://reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/r8o06v/_/mik0ccl/?context=1)

Anyway, thanks again for your prompt help, much appreciated!