This is indeed better, thanks!

I also had a look if it would be straightforward to make the second path the same, as it calls runModal -- after choosing a file, if you click the path again leading to keyPathControl -> NSPathControl -> [NSPathCell _otherItemClick]. I couldn't find a quick and clean way, if I am not mistaken, it would require customising the cell via NSPathCellDelegate?

I'm not sure I get what you mean by "make the second path the same" When you re-click the item selected, PathControl runs a modal panel. Mh. I'm not a big fan of having to use private APIs and while playing around with NSPathControl I found it rather rigid. But if you can get it to work, I'm ok with it. The other solution is to use your first version and just stick to a modal panel to make the UI consistent. Another idea would be to change the UI to use a drop-down and populate it with recent keys like other clients do it.

I think best way forward, for the time being, would be to use the first version with modal dialog, making things consistent and look at alternatives like populated drop-down down the road.

Sounds good and sorry for the stirr up but a sheet looks so much nicer :)

I agree the sheet is so much nicer and should be the end goal 😄 I reverted it back to the original commit.