Hacking the Finder with APE to turn the proxy icon into a drop target..
Hacking the Finder with APE to turn the proxy icon into a drop target..
- Subject: Hacking the Finder with APE to turn the proxy icon into a drop target..
- From: Jim Witte <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:07:45 -0500
Hello,
A feature I've wanted for a while, and which I've submitted to
bugreporter (and will again quite soon :) is the ability to use the
finder proxy icon as a drag or drop target. say I have the following
directories /a/b/c. I'm viewing /a in list view, and want to move a
file /a/b/c/foo.bar back up to just /a . Currently, I have to open two
windows to do it, as I can't drag the file anywhere that will register
as /a with the Finder (I just tried this). It would be so nice if I
could just drag it to the damn proxy icon at the top of the window - if
I can drag the proxy icon somewhere else (such as BBEdit's "search
where" field for Finds), why can't I drag things ONTO it, as you can
any other folder? (And for that matter, why shouldn't it work like any
other folder, with reference to spring-loaded concept. (Although
opening it would be a little pointless, since it's already open..)
I don't particularly expect this feature to get into 10.4, as
code-freeze might have already begun (it'll be released around
November, right? From all the changes they're talking about, I'd think
there are a lot of bugs to be ironed through..)
So I'm left with the rather unsavory, but sometimes necessary, option
of using APE.. The question is - what is the object that represents
the proxy icon, and how do I get to it for any particular Finder
window. (From there, it should be easy - just add a drop target
method, which then uses AppleEvents to move the file. But there's
probably a rub there I don't know about..)
Jim
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