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Hi there,
Someone, I think it may have been Kai, once wrote this script for me for removing items from the sidebar. It generates a list of the items in the sidebar and allows you to select which ones you'd like removing.
Regards,
Nick
on chooseItems from theList under prmpt tell application (path to frontmost application as Unicode text) return (choose from list theList with prompt prmpt with multiple selections allowed) end tell end chooseItems
set computerName to computer name of (system info) set desktopName to displayed name of (info for (path to desktop)) set networkName to displayed name of (info for alias "Network:") set userName to displayed name of (info for (path to current user folder))
tell application "Finder" if ((count each Finder window) is 0) then make new Finder window end tell
tell application "System Events" tell application process "Finder" set frontmost to true tell list 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
set sidePanelNames to name of UI elements
set itemsToDelete to my (chooseItems from sidePanelNames under "Choose which side panel items to delete:") if (itemsToDelete is false) then error number -128
repeat with i from 1 to (count itemsToDelete) set thisItem to item i of itemsToDelete
--select UI element thisItem
perform action "AXShowMenu" of UI element thisItem if (thisItem is computerName) then key code {125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 49} else if (thisItem is networkName) or (thisItem is userName) then key code {125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 49} else if (thisItem is desktopName) then key code {125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 49} else key code {125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 49} end if delay 0.5 -- Lengthen if necessary. end repeat end tell end tell end tell
On 24 Sep 2007, at 13:38, Peter Schwenk wrote: On Sep 23, 2007, at 11:15 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Sep 23, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
It may help your Googling to know that the "sidebar" is officially called the "toolbar" (and was originally above the main content rather than to the side, in fact...).
The toolbar is above the main content of the window; it contains tools for manipulating the window and its contents.
The sidebar is to the left side of the main content of the window; it contains files, folders, and volumes.
I did mean the sidebar (at least that's what it's called in the Finder Preferences tab of the same name). Let me change my question, since I now know that there's a plist file for the sidebar items, ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. It seems that each entry has three bits of info associated with them, the name of the item, a strangely-encode alias for the item and a strangely-encoded alias for the icon. Here's what one entry looks like:
<dict> <key>Alias</key> <data> AAAAAAEwAAIAAQZTeXN0ZW0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAADBPTwjSCsAAAAE6zsHRGVza3RvcAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATrRr5TV58AAAAAAAAAAP// //8AAAkgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABXBldGVyAAAQAAgA AME9dGMAAAARAAgAAL5Tne8AAAABAAgABOs7AABr2AAC ABpTeXN0ZW06VXNlcnM6cGV0ZXI6RGVza3RvcAAOABAA BwBEAGUAcwBrAHQAbwBwAA8ADgAGAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBt ABIAE1VzZXJzL3BldGVyL0Rlc2t0b3AAABMAAS8AABUA AgAM//8AAA== </data> <key>Icon</key> <data> SW1nUgAAABwAAAAAU1lTTAAAABAAAAAAZGVzaw== </data> <key>Name</key> <string>Desktop</string> </dict>
Does anyone have any clues about how the Icon and Alias are encoded? Once I find that out, I should be able to script the direct manipulation of the plist file to get the effect I need. Anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance!
-- - Peter Schwenk - CITA-3, Systems Administrator - Mathematical Sciences - University of Delaware - (302) 831-0437 - schwenk _at_ math _dot_ udel _dot_ edu
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