Re: View Options
Re: View Options
- Subject: Re: View Options
- From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:48 -0700
On 4/29/08, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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.
See my second comment, below.
> 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.
Nope, that option allows users to set "list view" as the system default;
whereas, in 10.4 and earlier, you could only choose from icon view (the
default) unless you checked Finder's prefs->open windows in column view. Most
beta-testers (I was one) clamored for our preferred list view. I hate icon view
and can barely tolerate column view.
> 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.)
When you open a new Finder windiow, CMD+J, set it up the way you want, and
click on use as Defaults, which will apply to any window you're opening for the
first time. Previously opened windows retain whatever settings were there when
last opened.
> 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.
Nope, Finder windows retain whatever you last set them as.
> Is there something here that I missed? Or are we screwed?
> I hope someone knows more and that it's good news!
Not screwed, but not something for AS-at least I can't find it in the
com.apple.finder.plist file. Just my 2ยข
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