There are various solutions to get color back into the Finder Sidebar, but I have not found any discussions of how to add color to the Finder Toolbar. I think it is actually rather easy to do (for a reasonably experienced Apple Scripter). Simply create a script application to perform a desired action, find a color icon on the web, and copy & paste icon into the GetInfo box for the Applescript application file. Then command-drag the application file to the Toolbar.
I am a novice scripter and have created 3 of them: Get Info, New Folder, and Delete. I would love to also have script codes for other Toolbar actions including Forward/Back, Action, Path, View, and Arrange. I hope someone(s) may post some here.
Here are my (working) scripts.
GET INFO
tell application "Finder"
set highlightedList to selection
repeat with xyz in highlightedList
set theFile to xyz as alias
try
open information window of file theFile
on error -- if selected item is a folder rather than a file...
set theFolder to xyz as alias
open information window of folder theFolder
end try
end repeat
end tell
DELETE
tell application "Finder"
set highlightedList to selection
repeat with xyz in highlightedList
set theFile to xyz as alias
try
delete file theFile
on error -- if selected item is a folder rather than a file...
set theFolder to xyz as alias
delete folder theFolder
end try
end repeat
end tell
NEW FOLDER
tell application "Finder"
-- Delete the file (or folder) selected in front Finder window
set currentFolder to (folder of the front window) as alias
try
make new folder at currentFolder with properties {name:"Untitled"}
on error
-- If folder "Untitled" already exists (and perhaps also "Untitled Copy, etc.)
duplicate folder "Untitled" of currentFolder
end try
end tell
Model: iMac Mid 2011
AppleScript: 2.8.1
Browser: Chrome 52.0.2743.82
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.10)