Re: Finder selection in column view
Re: Finder selection in column view
- Subject: Re: Finder selection in column view
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 10:40:56 -0800
It helps to read the messages in this mailing list. There is a current
thread - just in the past few days, you don't have to look very far, with
the subject "[Finder] Selection is broken (for single folders) insertion
location is a work around".
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Paul Berkowitz
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From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 20:46:17 -0700
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To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
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Subject: Finder selection in column view
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OS 10.2
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tell application "Finder"
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get selection
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end tell
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With a single folder (1) selected in a window in column view I get an empty
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list and I don't understand why. There is nothing selected in the column to
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the right of the selected folder but the column does show the contents of the
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selected folder.
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Single selected files work OK.
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With two or more such folders selected I get a multiple item list with all
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folders present. including (1) if it was part of the selection. It also works
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with a folder and a file selected.
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With the same folder (1) selected in another finder view - icon or list - I
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get the expected folder in a single item list.
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Is this a known bug / feature? Is there a workaround? Will it be better if I
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make a script application and drag items into it from column view?
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--
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Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
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Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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