Re: Scripting Finder's Information Window
Re: Scripting Finder's Information Window
- Subject: Re: Scripting Finder's Information Window
- From: Emile Schwarz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:02:25 +0200
Peter, the list,
your 'trick' works fine (I think) unless you have the "Inspector"
window open.
To open the Inspector window, use Command-alt-i (instead of the regular
Command-i).
Having the Inspector window open allows you to get informations about
the selected item (whatever the selection is).
HTH,
Emile
PS: that may be the reason why Jonathan 'overthinking'it...
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:43:00 -0500
From: Peter Bunn <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Scripting Finder's Information Window
To: "AppleScript Users Mailing List"
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Jonathan Levi wrote:
>How can I script the Finder to select a file's icon in the General
>Information Panel of the Information Window? Here's what I've done so far:
It appears as if you're 'overthinking' this...
Might the following work?
Peter B.
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set this_item to choose file without invisibles
tell application "Finder"
activate
open the information window of item this_item
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder"
keystroke tab
end tell
end tell
end tell
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