[fisherKing]

i posed this question once, a long time ago...dont beat me up!

is there a way to set safari to open with a home folder, as opposed to a page?

ie, every time i open safari, i have to then go to my "home" folder, and select open in tabs.
is there a trick (or 3rd party option) to set the home page to that folder?

(and if not, why not?? )

[cpac]

I don't believe there is. The reason? Your guess is as good as mine. However, at least Omniweb (and probably other browsers) provide this sort of option.

[ManOfSteal]

No, that option doesn't exist; however, you can set up your "home" folder to be an Auto-Tab folder where you just hit it once and they'll open up in tabs...

[cybergoober]

AppleScript is your friend...

Code:
do shell script "open http://www.foo.com http://www.foo.com http://www.foo.com"

substitute "www.foo.com" with the URLs you wish to open separated by spaces. Save it as an application (paste the Safari icon on it if you wish )

If Safari is configured as your default browser and tabbed browsing is enabled, this script should open Safari with the URLs you provided in tabs.

Hope that helps.

[fisherKing]

thanx cybergoober...
will try when i get home today.

EDIT:
tried it; it opens each site, but one-at-a-time, in the same window...
how do i make it open seperate tabs??

[azdude]

Try this one:

Code:
tell application "Safari"
	activate
	set the URL of document 1 to "http://www.macrumors.com"
	my new_tab()
	set the URL of document 1 to "http://www.macosxhints.com"
	my new_tab()
	set the URL of document 1 to "http://www.macnn.com"
	my new_tab()
	set the URL of document 1 to "http://www.ipodlounge.com"
end tell
on new_tab()
	tell application "Safari" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Safari"
			click menu item "New Tab" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
		end tell
	end tell
end new_tab

[cybergoober]

I'm assuming you have tabbed browsing enabled...

In Safari's preferences under "Tabs":
Try checking the box for "Select new tabs as they are created" if it's not already checked

Also check, under "General":
"Open links from other applications:"
select - "in a new tab in the current window"

[azdude]

Originally posted by cybergoober:
I'm assuming you have tabbed browsing enabled...

In Safari's preferences under "Tabs":
Try checking the box for "Select new tabs as they are created" if it's not already checked

Also check, under "General":
"Open links from other applications:"
select - "in a new tab in the current window"

Huh?

He wants Safari to launch with a set of tabs open (i.e. multiple home pages). Your post has nothing to do with that.

[cybergoober]

Originally posted by azdude:
Huh?

He wants Safari to launch with a set of tabs open (i.e. multiple home pages). Your post has nothing to do with that.

Uh...

Originally posted by cybergoober:
AppleScript is your friend...

Code:
do shell script "open http://www.foo.com http://www.foo.com http://www.foo.com"

substitute "www.foo.com" with the URLs you wish to open separated by spaces. Save it as an application (paste the Safari icon on it if you wish )

If Safari is configured as your default browser and tabbed browsing is enabled, this script should open Safari with the URLs you provided in tabs.

Hope that helps.

Originally posted by fisherKing:
thanx cybergoober...
will try when i get home today.

EDIT:
tried it; it opens each site, but one-at-a-time, in the same window...
how do i make it open seperate tabs??

Originally posted by cybergoober:
I'm assuming you have tabbed browsing enabled...

In Safari's preferences under "Tabs":
Try checking the box for "Select new tabs as they are created" if it's not already checked

Also check, under "General":
"Open links from other applications:"
select - "in a new tab in the current window"

Yeah... okaaaay

[fisherKing]

yeah...
cybergoober had it right the first time around...
i had to check "open links in a new tab in the current window".

just that, and it works.

surprised apple doesnt give us this option.

thanks all!

[azdude]

Originally posted by cybergoober:
Uh...

Yeah... okaaaay

Doh! My apologies. Didn't connect your last post with your first one.

[fisherKing]

meanwhile...
is there a size limitation with this? seems i can't get my last tab to read...
swapped places with another page, and the last one still is incomplete..
whatever i put at the end, i get an error message, a "file not found" sort of thing...

any ideas?


thanks

placed in startup items and am good to go...

[cybergoober]

Originally posted by azdude:
Doh! My apologies. Didn't connect your last post with your first one.

No worries


fisherKing - how many tabs are you trying to load? I guess you don't experience the tab loading problem when you select your folder of bookmarks and select "Open in Tabs"?
I've never tried this method with more than 3 or 4 tabs...

[fisherKing]

Originally posted by cybergoober:
No worries


fisherKing - how many tabs are you trying to load? I guess you don't experience the tab loading problem when you select your folder of bookmarks and select "Open in Tabs"?
I've never tried this method with more than 3 or 4 tabs...

8 tabs (and i swear they're all essential... ).
works from safari ("open in tabs"), but in the script the last one always fails...
too much (of a good thing)??