Re: OS X Finder windows and column settings
Re: OS X Finder windows and column settings
- Subject: Re: OS X Finder windows and column settings
- From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 11:21:46 -0700
This beast is a little tricy to find.
The column list is part of the 'list view options' property of a window so
you have to dig down a little deeper:
tell application "Finder"
set visible of ((column id modification date column) of list view
options of Finder window 1) to true -- or false as appropriate
end tell
Or, in a slightly more long-winded, but legible version:
tell application "Finder"
tell window 1
tell its list view options
set visible of (column id modification date column) to true
end tell
end tell
end tell
Adjust the 'column id' as appropriate.
Andrew
:)
On 5/23/03 10:57 AM, "Easthope, John R" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Does anyone know how to script the check boxes for Date Modified, Size,
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Kind, etc. in the view options for an OS X Finder window? (In list view)
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The Applescript page at Apple has a few example scripts for Finder windows
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but none of them explain how to do this.
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Here is a sample snippet from their site: (This came from the script "Set
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View Options" at http://www.apple.com/applescript/toolbar/ )
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*******
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-- LIST VIEW OPTIONSusing terms from application "Finder" property
sort_column
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: name column -- name column/modification date
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column/creation date column/size column/kind column/label column/version
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column/comment column property calc_indicator : true -- true/false
property
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icon_type : large icon -- small icon/large icon property dates_indicator :
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true -- true/false property sort_direction : normal --
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normal/reversed property list_options : {sort column:sort_column,
calculates
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folder
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sizes:calc_indicator, icon size:icon_type, uses relative
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dates:dates_indicator}end using terms from
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*******
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It seems that we can script most of the other parameters of the View
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settings except the columns and text size. You will notice that the
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"sort_column" property has scripting parameters for the various columns ...
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it seems that we just can't enable/disable them with a script.
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*******
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In OS 9 it looked like this:
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set shows modification date of the first container window to falseset shows
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size of the first container window to false
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set shows kind of the first container window to false
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*******
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These no longer work.
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Any ideas?
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Thanks
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John Easthope
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School Technology Support Analyst
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Calgary Board of Education
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