Re: Finder windows: opening in same, closing parent
Re: Finder windows: opening in same, closing parent
- Subject: Re: Finder windows: opening in same, closing parent
- From: Graff <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 03:50:13 -0400
On Apr 11, 2004, at 2:33 AM, Jim Witte wrote:
How can I emulate the Cmd-Opt-Double-Click behavior of the Finder,
which opens a folder and then closes the parent window? I've got the
following
You can grab the front window and close it, then you can open the
folder which is selected:
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tell application "Finder"
set theFolder to selection
set theWindow to the front window
close theWindow
open theFolder
end tell
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This doesn't check to see if the selection is a folder, you probably
should do that just in case the selection is a file. Also there may be
more than 1 item selected and this will open them all.
Also, is there a way to tell the Finder to open a folder in the same
window?
You can change the target of an open window:
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tell application "Finder"
set theFolder to selection
set theWindow to the front window
set target of theWindow to (theFolder as alias)
end tell
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Again, this doesn't check to see if the selection is a folder, you
probably should add that in to be safe. You probably also want to make
sure that only 1 item is selected or that you only use 1 item if
multiple items are selected. If you don't have just 1 item then the
script will fail.
- Ken
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