I have a hierarchical music directory structure, like:
music
jazz
artist 1
track 1.flac
track2.flac...
ambient
artist 2
track1.flac...
I created a simple dual lister to view the same columns in each lister:
name, size, ext, modified
I saved the lister layout as music dual. When I load the lister, it may display correctly in the left pane, but when I drill down to a subdirectory in the right pane, the layout changes to my default layout:
Preferences / Folder Formats, create a new Path Format or Wildcard Path format, or even multiple ones (depending on how the folders are arranged) that matches the folders, and you can set up how they are displayed there.
That lets you always display those folders in a particular way, regardless of how you navigate to them.
You may also want to configure your layout (or default lister, depending on what you're opening) to not override folder formats, so it doesn't interfere.
Also note that path and wildcard formats have a checkbox to say you want them to apply to subdirectories as well, which can reduce the number of formats (or complexity of wildcards) that you need.
Finally, you may want to check the Automatic Formats page in Preferences in case it is remembering ad-hoc changes you made to how some of those folders are displayed, and remove those if they're there, to simplify things.
Thanks, Leo. It would be good to have information like this contained in a Tips and Techniques section of the manual, or online in a similar collection. Perhaps I missed it?
