Four folders at once PRO

View ▸ Pane Layout ▸ Grid shows four panes, two by two.

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How to do it

  1. Choose View ▸ Pane Layout ▸ Grid (or the Pane Layout toolbar button).
  2. The window shows four panes, two by two. Open a different folder in each.
  3. Click a pane before Find, Copy or Paste: commands go to the focused pane, marked by a thin accent line at its top.
  4. Free allows up to two panes per window; Grid needs the trial or PRO.

More detail in the guide: Tabs, panes, and workspaces