Showing dir/file name in FINDER

Hi,
I'm somewhat of a control freak and have this insane desire to know exactly where things are in my system(s). If I look at a file in the Finder, I usually have no idea what directory I'm in. Is there a way to display the complete path for each file I look at?? I can do it from a terminal session by setting PS1 to echo a pwd, and I'd like the same capability in the aqua interface.
I had something in Panther that did what I needed, but lost the MacAddict article tht told how it was done..
Any suggestions to keep my blood pressure down and less use of my mouse-click hand - I'm getting carpel tunnel.... <G>
Walt

In Finder, with any window frontmost, choose "Customize Toolbar..." from the View menu. Drag the "Path" tool to the toolbar. This tool produces a popup (pop down, actually) hierarchic list of the window's path all the way back to the Computer. It is primarily for navigation back up the path hierarchy, but also works well as a visual reference.
BTW, with a bit more stress on your carpal tunnels, you can do the same without the tool: Command-click on any Finder's title & a similar pop down list representing its path appears.
You could also go the zero-stress route of using column view, as long as your screen is large enough for the complete path o appear without horizontal scrolling.

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