View Options
View Options
- Subject: View Options
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:16:17 -0500
I've got a lot of folders that I want in list view and I want all its
sub-folders in list view, too. So, I've got a script to do that. With
some small modification, it now works in 10.5 ... well, sort of. I
works, but when I open these folders manually, I find that they have
reverted to another view.
I think I see why. (And I hope I'm wrong!) If you open the View
Options window of a folder window, you will find two new items:
1. An "Always open in _____ view" check box;
2. A "Grid spacing" slider; and
3. A "Use as Defaults" button.
When I change the View of a folder window, it's because I want that
view forever and ever until I change my mind, which may never change.
At least that's the way it worked in Tiger and all previous systems.
If you change the view of a folder window in Leopard, the presumption
is that the change is temporary. That's what the "Always open ..."
check box is for. So windows have an 'always open' boolean property
that I should be able to change via an AppleScript. But ... I can't
find this in the Finder dictionary. (And there's no Grid Spacing
property, either. And nothing to explain the Defaults button.)
Without being able to set an 'always open' boolean property, there is
no way to have any control of window views via AppleScript. All
changes are temporary and may disappear when the window is closed.
Is there something here that I missed? Or are we screwed?
I hope someone knows more and that it's good news!
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