Auto re-size column widths?

Hi-
is there a way to have the finder window columns always open up to a width that allows the longest file name to display in full? I'm tired of re-sizing my column widths every time I switch folders (which I do a lot) so I can read my file names.
thanks,
l

I have the opposite annoyance: I want my columns to all be the smallest possible width. However, Column view always opens at a default width (which makes neither of us happy, as it is neither wide enough to display all names, nor is it at the smallest size). One thing you can do is hold the option key when you get to a column that has a long name and double click the little lines at the bottom of the column divider. All open columns will then expand to the width necessary to display the longest names. However, subsequent columns revert to the default width--thus if you go back up to the root level and select a new folder, that column is still "fat" as is the second column, but the next column will be default again. If you hold the option key and drag the column width || handle, all columns expand (or contract) and it seems this width remains even when you go back up and down the tree. Of course, once you close the window you are back to square one.... I know of no way to set a default width that you prefer.
Francine
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