Topics | List window
The List window default button
The default button in the list window appears just above the list columns, on the right side. It can perform several different functions. The default button action also is also the action taken when double-clicking items in a list. You can change the default button action using the List Default Button Action menu, or by Control-clicking on the default button and choosing one of the options in the Default Button Action section of the menu.
Help
Open the help in Help Viewer to the page describing the default action button.

Get Info
Open a File Buddy Info window for the selected items in the list.
Finder Info
Open one Finder Info window for each item selected in the list.
Group Info
Show a window containing total count and size information for the selected items in the list.

New Viewer
Open a File Viewer™ for the selected list item. The default button is disabled when multiple items are selected.

Show
Open each selected list item's containing folder in the Finder.
Open
Open each selected list item as if it were double-clicked in the Finder.
Copy
Ask for a destination folder and copy all the selected list items into that folder.
Move
Ask for a destination folder and move all the selected list items into that folder.
Make Alias
Open an alias creation window for the selected list items.

Edit Name
Put the currently selected item’s name into editing mode.
The Info window Aliases File Viewers Editing list item values