Re: Finder Integration
Re: Finder Integration
- Subject: Re: Finder Integration
- From: John Joyce <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:58:04 -0500
Please don't use SIMBL it causes grief for users and they don't know why.
It messes with other applications.
On Sep 30, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Matt Gough wrote:
> Damon,
>
> Firstly there is no official way to do this, all the solutions you see in the wild are hacks of one sort or another.
>
> Having said that, I had to implement what you are asking for (overlays on icons) and did it via SIMBL. Unfortunately I can't share code or say too much about what what is needed, but it would certainly help if you understood method swizzling and found a way to dump all the Obj_c classes that the Finder uses internally.
>
> Good luck
>
> Matt
>
> On 29 Sep 2011, at 20:39, Damon Allison wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am researching options for integrating with Finder. In particular, I would like my application to provide file and directory icon overlays similar to how Dropbox.app overlays green and blue images on top of file and folder images.
>>
>> I noticed a few applications (svn utilities) that have used `/Library/Contextual Menu Plugins` plugins to accomplish this. I've also seen programs use SIMBL [1] plugins. Contextual Menu Plugins appears to have been replaced by Automator Services, and SIMBL seems like an unsupported hack.
>>
>> Is there an 'official' way to integrate with the finder? If so, what is it? If not, how does dropbox accomplish their finder integration?
>>
>> Either way, I would certainly appreciate any information / source code you could provide.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Damon
>>
>> [1] SIMBL : http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php_______________________________________________
>>
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