Re: SetVisibleInTiger
Re: SetVisibleInTiger
- Subject: Re: SetVisibleInTiger
- From: Jay Louvion <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:16:58 +0200
le 21/08/05 2:02, kai à email@hidden est réputé(e) avoir écrit :
>
> On 16 Aug 2005, at 03:43, Jeff Porten wrote:
>
>> On Aug 2, 2005, at 7:34 AM, kai wrote:
>>
>>> This works quite well here:
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> to toggleVisible(f)
>>> tell application "System Events" to set f's visible to not f's
>>> visible
>>> tell application "Finder"
>>> update f
>>> tell (get f's folder)'s container window to if exists then
>>> close
>>> repeat while exists
>>> delay 0.1
>>> end repeat
>>> open
>>> end if
>>> end tell
>>> end toggleVisible
>>>
>>> toggleVisible(choose file)
>>
>> A possibly simpler solution, with Developer Tools installed:
>>
>> do shell script "/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V " & quoted form of
>> POSIX path of (theFile)
>
> It might appear to be simpler, Jeff - although I wonder if we might
> be comparing apples with oranges here...
>
> The OP was evidently trying to come up with a script that toggles the
> visibility of a file. As I indicated in the part of my message that
> you omitted, my suggestion therefore aims to:
>
> 1) check whether or not the target file is visible
>
> 2) if it is visible, then make it invisible (otherwise make it
> visible)
>
> 3) update the file's representation in Finder.
>
> However, if immediate visual confirmation of the file's changed state
> is required, it's necessary to workaround a current bug that (in
> spite of the update command) prevents such changes from showing in a
> currently open Finder window[1]. So the script goes on to:
>
> 4) determine if the container window of the file's folder is open
>
> 5) if it is, then close it...
>
> 6) ...wait until it is closed - and then...
>
> 7) ...reopen it (all of which usually does the trick).
>
> While the above shell script sets a file's visible property to false,
> the method is then subject to exactly the same issues. In fact, its
> vanilla equivalent could be something as simple as:
>
> ----------------
>
> tell application "System Events" to set theFile's visible to false
>
> ----------------
>
> ...which, besides not having to rely on the presence of Developer
> Tools, is slightly shorter (FWIW), easier to read (IMO) - and about
> four times faster (OMM). :-)
>
> ---
> kai
Advantage to the Terminal when trying the script out with folders...
And getting them back. ;-)
Jay Louvion
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