[immsav]

I'm new to Applescript (to Apple, really), and there might be a really simple way to do what I'm trying to do, but I haven't been able to figure it out or find it on the web:

When browsing with Finder in list-view, I sometimes would like to expand all of a folder's subdirectories without having to "turn" each subdirectory's triangle to view its contents.

Is there a small program or Applescript that can accomplish this task? It would be neat if you could set the number of levels deep you'd like to see, but maybe that's asking for too much...

Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks,

Jacob

[bewebste]

There is terminology in the Finder for this, there are two properties of the container class, "expandable" and "expanded", that you could use. However, these are marked in the dictionary as being unimplemented as of 10.2.5, so it looks like there's no way to do this right now. You can always option-click a triangle in order to expand the entire contents of a folder recursively, though.

[suthercd]

Thought about your idea. You now can expand a sudirectory with a click. If you had an Applescript, you would have to double click to run it or have a key assigned with a utility program.

Maybe it could be done, but it is more "work" and would take longer for the script to load and run. Plus scripting an action that is part of the GUI is possile but not perfect.

Think up another one to try- or hopefully someone else can prtovide a way to do this.

HTH


Craig

[Raining Down in Texas]

Originally posted by immsav:
When browsing with Finder in list-view, I sometimes would like to expand all of a folder's subdirectories without having to "turn" each subdirectory's triangle to view its contents.

Is there a small program or Applescript that can accomplish this task? It would be neat if you could set the number of levels deep you'd like to see, but maybe that's asking for too much...

If you option-click on the triangle, it will open all subdirectories. Is this close enough?

[immsav]

I wasn't aware of the option-click option. That works fine!

Thanks all who responded.

--Jacob

[Hugi]

/me tries to envision what a triangular AppleScript looks like and go mad in the process.