On Oct 26, 2005, at 9:14 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Oct 26, 2005, at 1:40 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
In this type of dialog or similar, how can I move the current
selection
in the list by typing the first letter, or even better several
letters,
to get to the first fitting line?:
set newStorage to (choose from list thefolders with prompt "Move
to which
folders")
Is there something built into Applescript or Mac OS X I can use or
do I
have to handle this on my own? Any suggestions?
You don't have to do anything; it's already built in.
Assuming you're using 10.4 (Tiger), that is. Of course, the fact
that "choose from list" won't attempt to sort the list for you can
make type-select sort of confusing to use, but it does work.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript and Automator Engineering
