[haifischjunge]

does anyone know how I could change the preference for all folders in one to view the objects any time as list? Perhaps I`m too stupid, however its impossible for me to change this option. Everytime I change it, the subfolders rest in the old view.

Its driving me nuts. Perhaps someone has heard about applescript which can do this.

Oh my OS Version is 10.3.2.

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[Sal]

Originally posted by haifischjunge:
does anyone know how I could change the preference for all folders in one to view the objects any time as list? Perhaps I`m too stupid, however its impossible for me to change this option. Everytime I change it, the subfolders rest in the old view.

Its driving me nuts. Perhaps someone has heard about applescript which can do this.

Oh my OS Version is 10.3.2.

Run this script and choose the parent folder. Every folder within the entire hierarchy of the parent folder will be set to display in list view:

set this_folder to choose folder
tell application "Finder"
set the current view of the container window of every folder of the entire contents of this_folder to list view
end tell

[Johnny_B]

Is it possible to set it to "All windows" mode ? So that if a folder has it's own setting it will override that ?

[Moonray]

The above script will set the view of every subfolder of the chosen folder (not of the folder itself though) to list view, regardless to what it was set before.

If you have the script menu installed you can put an extended version into the Finder Scripts folder:

Code:
property mychoice : "List view"

try
    tell application "Finder"
        set the topfolder to (folder of the front window) as alias
        set mychoice to (choose from list {"Icon view", "List view", "Column view", "I"} with prompt "Change view of '" & topfolder & "' and subfolders to:" default items mychoice) as text
        if mychoice is "Icon view" then
            set myview to icon view
        else if mychoice is "List view" then
            set myview to list view
        else if mychoice is "Column view" then
            set myview to column view
        else
            return
        end if
        set current view of container window of every folder of the entire contents of the topfolder to myview
        set current view of container window of the topfolder to myview
    end tell
on error e
    display dialog "The Finder needs to have a window in front before you call this script." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
end try

It will not ask for a folder but use the window that's just in front and change its and all subfolder's views to a view you can select.
The same way you can turn the tool(side-)bar visibility on or off.
(And if Apple eventually would the user let choose the default view for new Finder windows all this wouldn't be that necessary).

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