I am looking for a way using applescript in OS X El Capitan 10.11 to “show sidebar” on the frontmost finder window.
When I try to record the finder window and choose menu > “show sidebar” it records what’s below - but this does not work when played back.
tell application “Finder”
activate
set width of column id name column of list view options of Finder window 1 to 522
set width of column id name column of list view options of Finder window 1 to 320
end tell
also this line no longer works
set sidebar width of window 1 to 50
Q: So how do I get applescript to “show sidebar” ?
-- Get the Sidebar Width of Finder window 1.
tell application "Finder" to set theSidebarWidth to sidebar width of window 1
return theSidebarWidth
-- Set the Sidebar Width of Finder window 1.
set theSidebarWidth to 152
tell application "Finder" to set the sidebar width of Finder window 1 to theSidebarWidth
-- Toggle the sidebar.
use scripting additions
property defSidebar : 152 -- my default sidebar width
property noSidebar : 0 -- no sidebar
ToggleSidebar()
on ToggleSidebar()
tell application "Finder"
activate
tell Finder window 1
set theSidebarWidth to sidebar width
if theSidebarWidth is defSidebar then
set sidebar width to noSidebar
else if theSidebarWidth is noSidebar then
set sidebar width to defSidebar
end if
end tell
end tell
end ToggleSidebar