i want another method to access the search-mode. Actually i do:
tell application "Finder"
activate
reveal startup disk
delay 0.3
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder" to keystroke "f" using (command down)
end tell
end tell
the recorded script here doesn’t work.
tell application "Finder"
activate
make new Finder window
set target of Finder window 1 to startup disk #computer container
set target of Finder window 1 to alias file ""
end tell
#flow window
here, i want bigger flow chart previews (images, as example). My script works (images get bigger) as long as the flow chart pull-slider is set on a lower level (list view smaller, flow list bigger). Annoying, because it seems more a bug than a feature. (Lion 4)
tell application "Finder"
set win1 to window 1
tell win1
activate
set current view to icon view
clean up by modification date
end tell
tell icon view options of win1 to set icon size to 300
tell win1 to set current view to flow view
end tell
Assuming that “path:to:a:file” points to an existing file and that “path:to:a:folder” points to an existing folder
alias “path:to:a:file” is OK
alias “path:to:a:folder” is OK
file “path:to:a:file” is OK
file “path:to:a:folder” is wrong
folder “path:to:a:folder” is OK
alias file “path:to:a:folder” is wrong
alias folder “path:to:a:folder” is wrong
alias file “path:to:a:file” is wrong
alias folder “path:to:a:file” is wrong
Assuming that “path:to:a:file” points to a non existing file and that “path:to:a:folder” points to a non existing folder
alias “path:to:a:file” is wrong
alias “path:to:a:folder” is wrong
file “path:to:a:file” is OK
folder “path:to:a:folder” is OK
which means that we may use the two late descriptors to create the objects.
As far as I know, “” is not a valid pathname so
alias file “”
is wrong twice.
Worse,
set target of Finder window 1 to alias file “”
is wrong three times because, always as far as I know, the Finder has no window for a file, just for a folder.
From my point of view this one is really dangerous.
After running it, when I tried to reset the icon view, I got an awful pile of icon refusing to align as I asked them to do.
I was forced to use this script :
tell application "Finder"
tell window 1
activate
set current view to icon view
tell its icon view options to set icon size to 60
set current view to flow view
delay 0.1
set current view to icon view
tell its icon view options
set arrangement to not arranged
delay 0.1
set arrangement to snap to grid
end tell
end tell
end tell
It gave a decent size to the icons so that they no longer stay glued as they were after running your script.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 26 mars 2014 14:53:50
Hi Yvan,
i’sorry if you ran in problems with the flow chart view script.
In fact, i posted the script, because it didnt work. My goal was to enlarge the flow chart previews. Because this isnt sciptable, i thought to do the trick by scaling icon views first. I have tons of images (myself and from others) to manage, therefore my need for such a script. Arranging is better than cleaning, thats sure.
and my first script was an attempt to rebuild spotlight’s search-window. In fact, a smart folder has no target and is foremost an empty file.
I found a better shortcut now.
tell application "Finder"
activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" to keystroke space using (command down, option down)
end tell