Re: Finder can't count?
Re: Finder can't count?
- Subject: Re: Finder can't count?
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:25:11 -0700
On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Robert Poland wrote:
>> What is the problem? The script tells the Finder to count all the items in the window, and that's what it does. Selecting or deselecting is irrelevant to the rest of the script.
>
> In my test window I have 2 folders, one of which is open displaying 10 files.
>
> I want to get a count of all 12 visible items.
>
> Either my explanation was bad or my system is broken.
I can't figure out how, programmatically, to select everything in the window, but once you can, the following will give you the count you need.
tell application "Finder"
count of (the selection as list)
end tell
-- Michelle
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"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." --F. P. JONES
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