Presentation of Folders in Finder

Hi, In some folders I have many documents, but also subfolders. When I go into such a folder, my subfolders are organized within the list of the documents. That is, I have to "search for them", they are not listed "on top". Is there a possibility that subfolders always show up at the beginning of the list? Thanks!

Yes, if you sort the main folder on Kind it should sort folders at the top provided there are no other items whose "kind" is alphabetically prior to "folder." However, this is the only option you have as the Finder does not have an option to put folders before files.
A third-party file manager, PathFinder, will do what you want. Find it at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. It's shareware.

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