Re: Opening Finder windows in a dual monitor setup
Re: Opening Finder windows in a dual monitor setup
- Subject: Re: Opening Finder windows in a dual monitor setup
- From: Tim <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:31:05 -0500
Hi all,
I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions regarding my question
with finder windows and dual monitors. I now have a script that works
well, I wanted to post it, hopefully someone else can get some mileage
out of it too:
This will create 4 windows, 2 in each monitor, stacked on top of each other.
property monitor_width : 1100
property monitor_height : 800
set the startup_disk to (path to startup disk)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set visible of (every process whose visible is true and frontmost is
false) to false
-- 1st value - 25 sets the left alignment of screen - brings window
in by '25' from the left
-- 2nd value (you can use an equation like -> monitor_height * 0.66
or just set a value manually) sets the height position for the window
relative to the screen
-- div number also effects the height postion for the window relative
to the screen -- use it to fine tune height position for each window
-- 3rd value monitor_width sets the actual width of the window - this
can be set manually if need be or use width of monitor screen
-- 4th value monitor_height sets the actual height of the window -
this can be set manually if need be or use height of monitor screen
-- BOTTOM WINDOW
set this_window to make new Finder window
set the target of this_window to the startup_disk
set the bounds of this_window to {25, (528) div 1.15, monitor_width, 755}
set the current view of this_window to column view
-- TOP WINDOW
set this_window to make new Finder window
set the target of this_window to the startup_disk
set the bounds of this_window to {25, (142) div 1, monitor_width, 435}
set the current view of this_window to column view
-- For Second Monitor - Using negative numbers for second monitor -
which is not the primary display
-- BOTTOM WINDOW
set this_window to make new Finder window
set the target of this_window to the startup_disk
set the bounds of this_window to {-1130, (528) div 1.15, -30, 755}
set the current view of this_window to column view
-- TOP WINDOW
set this_window to make new Finder window
set the target of this_window to the startup_disk
set the bounds of this_window to {-1130, (142) div 1, -30, 435}
set the current view of this_window to column view
end tell
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