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re: name of target of front window
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re: name of target of front window


  • Subject: re: name of target of front window
  • From: "emile.a.schwarz" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:57:18 +0200 (CEST)

Hi Ronald,

 

you want to know if there is a window open in the Finder ?

if count of window > 0 then
-- There is at last one open window

end if

 

and do what you have to do with the value (set FWCnt to count of window).

 

If you want to know if you have a Reporter or a presentation options window ?

 

    if floating of front window then
        display dialog "Your guess is correct: this is a floating window"
    else
        display dialog "Not a floating window"
    end if

 

In fact, use:

 

return properties of front window

 

read what you get back (in the Script Editor) and act (code) appropriately ;-)

 

target of front window returns an alias in the form folderof folderetc. of folder "Users" of startup disk of application "Finder"

 

you can coerce it to alias:

return target of window 1 as alias

 

and you will get an alias to the front window. BUT, as you discover it, there are some exceptions (floating windows, search windows, Computer, AirDrop, Network and probably others).

 

HTH,

 

Emile

 

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