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Re: Why is all not all?
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Re: Why is all not all?


  • Subject: Re: Why is all not all?
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:02:46 -0700

On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Robert Poland wrote:

> List view. Some folders open and showing files.
>
> When I run a script with the following in it the "select All" selects only folders and not the other items showing. If I do a "Select All" from the finder Edit drop down menu, all items are selected.
>
> tell application "Finder"
> 		if ((current view of window index 1) = list view) then
> 			set {newL, newT, newR, newB} to bounds of window of desktop -- get screen size for monitor
> 			set wdw to Finder window 1
>
> 			tell application "System Events"
> 				select every item in wdw -- select all
> 			end tell

Because they're not in that folder; they're in sub folders.

-- Michelle

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