Missing feature in Finder window's Title Bar-

Hi there!
I don't know if this has already been posted; I've tried to make a search but it's a real pain.
I have upgraded my Macpro to Snow Leopard since a couple of months now, but I still miss an important feature that I used quiet A LOT in Leopard.
We all know if we have a window opened with Toolbar on in the Finder and ctrl-click (or cmd-click or RMB-click) on its Title Bar it drops down a menu showing all it's parent folders.
If you click on one of those, its content gets displayed in the already opened window.
Ok. Nice (well.. not that much).
In Leopard (not Snow) we had the option to cmd-click on one of the parent folders displayed in that menu and have it opened in a NEW window, with its original dimensions fitting its whole content.
(THAT was "nice")!
Now, in Snow Leopard, this feature seems to be gone.
Ok... we have a brand new "Path bar" which behaves the same.
But it's ugly, occupies room in the window and... Oh well; I want that Leopard behavior back! :-)p
Does anyone know how can I have it back (aside from downgrading)?
What makes me think it's still possible to have it back, it's the fact that if I double-click a folder in a window, I can get it opened in a new window with that same behavior. And that if I ctrl-click (or cmd-click or RMB-click) on Safari's Window Title and then cmd-click on one of the items showing in the menu (which are parents folders of a site) I get the very same behavior I had in Leopard: it opens the parent folder in a NEW window (or tab, depending on your settings).
So, I'm guessing is something to change in the Finder preferences, but I just can't figure out where.
TIA!
(What I wrote is always referred to windows with Toolbar visible; I know without Toolbar every folder opens in a new window, even the ones from the popup).
cià
ale

Hi, Don Archibald and thanks for your answer.
In the first part of my post I already said I was aware that "ctrl-click (or cmd-click or RMB-click)" would make the hierarchical dropmenu appear, both in SL and Leopard.
What differs is while in Leopard you could cmd-click on an item of the dropmenu and have it open in a new window, in SL it opens in the same window, no matter if you press cmd or not when clicking.
As for the "Always open folders in a new window", as it clearly states, that would make every folder (even "regular" ones - the ones not listed in the dropmenu) open in a new window, which is absolutely not what I want.
I want to be able to choose on the fly if a parent folder from the dropmenu, or a "regular" folder, should open in its own window or in the window I'm already in.
Just like I did under Leopard.
Thanks again for your interesting, anyways ;-)
cià
ale

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