Re: unreliability of NSWorkspace selectFile
Re: unreliability of NSWorkspace selectFile
- Subject: Re: unreliability of NSWorkspace selectFile
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:56:46 -0800
- Thread-topic: unreliability of NSWorkspace selectFile
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:56:53 -0800, Matt Neuburg <email@hidden> said:
>I would like to reliably reveal *and* select a file/folder in the Finder.
>
>I am using [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] selectFile:path
>inFileViewerRootedAtPath:folder].
>
>It isn't reliable. Sometimes it selects the file; sometimes it selects the
>containing folder instead. I've also tried issuing the command *twice*;
>sometimes this solves the problem (now it selects the file) and opens only
>one Finder window, other times it causes two Finder windows to open.
>
>Does this match the observations of others? I think I might be able to work
>around this by substituting Apple events, but it's more work, of course...
>m.
Just to follow up on this, I've substituted a "reveal" Apple event to the
Finder, and *that* didn't work consistently, and then I tried a "select"
Apple event to the Finder, and *that* didn't work consistently. In both
cases, every once in a while the containing folder would be selected instead
of the desired file, in column mode. So I conclude that this is a bug in the
Finder and its NSBrowser-like column view. m.
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