Change Finder folder view for only one folder? Is it possible to, for example, set icon view to be the view for just one specific folder in Finder? It seems as though if I set a folder to icon view (currently the default is list view), opening folders inside that folder cause the opened folder to change to icon view as well. However, I don't want this to happen – I only want to affect the folder that I changed it for.
Go into the folder and choose the view you want the folder to display as. Press cmd+J, then check the "Always open in [type] view" box at the top of the small window and make sure that the "Browse in [type] view" option is unchecked. Close that window. Now the Finder should switch the view to the one you chose whenever you enter that folder.