Hi Kim,

tremendous!  Thanks very much ... though I feel a bit dumb that I couldn't find anything myself via google.  I wouldn't have known what a shell script was though.

I used the 'get' command you provided, to build a few tiny scripts for setting Finder Windows.  If like me you often copy between HDs using the Column view, you may find them useful.  They should work on any monitor.

Applescript:

set monitorWidth to word 2 of (do shell script "system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep Resolution")
set monitorHeight to word 4 of (do shell script "system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep Resolution")

tell application "Finder"
   activate
   select window of desktop
   if not (exists Finder window 1) then
       make new Finder window
   else
       select Finder window 1
   end if
   select Finder window 1
   set bounds of Finder window 1 to {2, 45, monitorWidth - 50, monitorHeight * 0.49}
   if not (exists Finder window 2) then
       make new Finder window
   else
       select Finder window 2
   end if
   set bounds of Finder window 1 to {2, monitorHeight * 0.5, monitorWidth - 50, monitorHeight - 2}
   select Finder window 2
end tell

Thanks again.

Grant

Denzel,

I see you cleaned up my code a bit.  I got most of it by recording the Finder, then trying to trim it back as much as possible.  The rest was mostly guesswork from Filemaker scripting, which I have an idea about.

As for the window sizes.  I have the dock on the right of all my Macs, and I find that it's better to keep the window clear of the dock.

Grant

Ha!

Very neat Denzel.

I had already created a script for a single large window, but yours is much better.  I might just 'pinch' some of it.

Grant

Now should work for the resizing for the front window of the active application (if it supports applescript). Can be used in script menu. Note the different (vanilla) method for getting the screen size used to the previous version.

I'll post it to code exchange when you're happy with it.

Last edited by Qwerty Denzel (2006-06-24 10:49:35 am)

Hi Adam,
What exactly does it return? I changed it mainly because the shell script was slowing the script down. It appeared as though running the script from the script menu extra was far slower than inside script editor. I didn't want that added delay.

Last edited by Qwerty Denzel (2006-06-21 05:06:36 am)

Have you got the script menu enabled? If you have OS X 10.4 open the AppleScript Utility (in the same folder as Script Editor) and enable it, otherwise navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras and open Script Menu.menu.
The problem is that if you save it as an application and run, it is then read as the front application in the script.

Qwerty Denzel wrote:

Hi Adam,
What exactly does it return? I changed it mainly because the shell script was slowing the script down. It appeared as though running the script from the script menu extra was far slower than inside script editor. I didn't want that added delay.

Your get screen size (on my machine) returns: Height 870, Width 2176

I have two active screens:
Menubar on the LEFT screen, Dock at left top
Primary resolution: 1152 x 870 (active "face" 1130  x 840 - disk icons not displayed on desktop)
Secondary resolution: 1024 x 768
Top of Second 102 BELOW First. (The bottoms even within two pixels, should be 104 - close enough)
Left of Second: 1152 to RIGHT of First (ignoring the bezel gap, of course)

Your dock details are correct:
Mine is on the left at the top (under the menu bar)
Height 655
Width 41
DockX 0
DockY 23

Jon's commands includes "screen list" which returns a list of records.

Keeps everything on the main screen except any open drawers (which poke into the right), but for Finder windows, it tucks the top of the title bar under the menu bar.

Doesn't work in Eudora for some reason - it doesn't listen.

Yup - that line is present.

As for Drawers, I first tried it from within Script Debugger which had a side drawer open.