Column View

While in column view I see the entire directory/sub-directory structure in the window. Is there a way to specify a particular directory as the root of the current window, so that I don't see it's parent directories in the column view? make sense? thanks for any suggestions

Hi Rob,
I work with a lot of files, which are structured hierarchically using folders, so the column view is very useful for bouncing around the hierarchy. I've forwarded my idea to OS X feedback, but here is an explanation of how I would like column-view to be, followed by screenshots.
1) First; notice that there aren't extra empty-columns to the far-right. Instead, when you enlarge the window, the far-right column will automatically resize to fill the space.
2) Each column is individually sortable, and has a contextual-menu for changing the sort-type. If you want universal column sorting, there is a Finder preference to toggle.
3) Each folder has a contextual-menu item called "Make Column Root". This will set the window's far-left column to the selected folder.
Column-view sorting:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/graphicaliber/header-sort.jpg
Make Column Root:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/graphicaliber/contextual-menu.jpg
Result of using the "Make Column Root" command:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/graphicaliber/setascolumnroot.jpg?t=12544 95695
That's it really, simple, and would greatly enhance my workflow.

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