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1 year ago João,
The non-folder windows you are mentioning are totally filtered from those controlled by FinderFix for at least a couple releases now but this behaviour is Locale dependent. I have tested it with English, German, French and Italian (but it should handle any language). They seem to be escaping that filtering on your system.
May I ask you what your Locale is? (Language & Region > Preferred languages and Region)
FinderFix will automatically catch any language your Locale is set to (in Language & Region). If you are encountering problems with non-folder windows - File Info, Quick Look, Connect to Server, etc. - not working independently from FinderFix's settings please paste the log of the following command in your comment:
log stream --level debug --predicate="subsystem='com.mantel.FinderFix'"
joaofrgomes
That's it, that's what's on the description.
I don't know if FinderFix has any way of distinguishing between different kinds of Finder-owned windows, but it just attempts to enforce its custom default size on any kind of resizable Finder windows, fails on those which have limits on them (such as the individual and consolidated Information windows, and the Inspector panel, but still manages to stretch them to their widest setting) and succeeds on those that don't (such as the “Connect to Server…” dialog box and QuickLook window).
What's worse: when first activating a Finder window, the QuickLook window is only affected when pressing the Space Bar for the first time, as pressing the arrow keys to cycle between different files resets it to its default size; but subsequent usage of QuickLook without changing the window focus reverts to and retains the custom size, and not having the window repositioning functionality active in FinderFix just moves it further and further towards the bottom-right of the screen.
To make matters worse (and to me, unacceptably so), it resizes not just the “Information-panel/sidebar-equivalent” QuickLook window layout/manifestation when, say, applications and folders are selected (which wouldn't be that big of an issue in my desktop setup, really), also affecting documents, such as text files, images, PDFs, etc. and, thus rendering QuickLook completely unusable. Do try using QuickLook on a PDF (which it crops) or on an image (which it rescales) with window-resizing active and you'll instantly see what I mean.
Having FinderFix be a bit smarter could even allow us to set custom Information window/Inspector panel sizes (for instance, I wouldn't mind having them be, maybe not the maximum 800px width, but a bit wider than the default on my desktop monitors, while keeping them the default – and minimum – 530px width on my 13'' MBP), and maybe even set larger default QuickLook window sizes for folders and applications, while still allowing them to stretch or shrink in case the file type – an image, icon, PDF, video, etc. – and corresponding media size calls for it); if all else fails, have FinderFix at least ignore anything that isn't a folder window, as it clearly seems to never having been intended for those other kinds of windows in the first place.
Anyhoo, I know the app is still in Beta, and I wish I could help you more than this, but I do use QuickLook a lot and will, thus, have to stop using/testing FinderFix altogether until this core-OS-feature-breaking bug is fixed. Best of luck until then!