Re: Finder window properties
Re: Finder window properties
- Subject: Re: Finder window properties
- From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:50:14 -0600
On Sep 14, 2014, at 8:28:AM, Jonathan Levi <email@hidden> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
> To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 14, 2014 9:16 am
> Subject: Finder window properties
>
> Hi,
>
> I got to wondering if there might be Finder window properties that would show
> the state(?) of a finder window. So far in looking through the hundreds of
> Finder
> properties I haven’t found anything.
>
> Items like Sidebar exists
> Toolbar exists
> Toolbar height
> Folder shared
> Number of Items In Window
> Etc.
>
> I know there are ways to get these but its crude and not to reliable.
>
> TIA,
>
> Robert Poland
> iMac, Late 2013, 14,2
> 3.2 GHz Intel Core I5, 27”
> 16 GB Ram, 1TB Fusion HD
> OS X 10.9.4 (13C64)
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> Robert,
>
>
>
> I got most of the answers you're looking for in AppleScript Editor > Window > Library > Finder
>
> (I assume you've added Finder to your list of scriptable applications in the Library
> window) >
>
> Window Classes > Finder Window. Properties toolbar visible, statusbar visible, sidebar width
>
>
> appear to me to work; try the following little scriptlet if you wish. My impression is that the
>
>
> toolbar height is fixed, hence not a property. I don't know about shared status.
>
>
> '[T]
> ell application "Finder" to count items' seems to work as expected.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
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>
>
> tell application "Finder"
>
>
> activate
>
>
> tell window 1
>
>
> get properties
>
>
> set toolbar visible to (not toolbar visible)
>
>
> set statusbar visible to (not statusbar visible)
>
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> if statusbar visible then
>
>
> delay 1
>
>
> set sidebar width to 100
>
>
> end if
>
>
> count items
>
>
> end tell
>
>
> end tell
>
>
> delay 1
>
>
> activate
Jonathan,
I had hopped that there would be Properties that would give the data with having to work for it.
FYI, it seems that the Sidebar visible is not available. Only as Toolbar width.
Robert Poland
Fort Collins CO
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