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Old 07-04-2006, 03:46 PM   #1
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Seeking Finder Plugin

I'm looking for a plugin of some sorts(or a tutorial that will explain how I could get one set up) that will change the finder visually - I want to display a checkbox next to each file, in a column on the left side of the entry in a list of files.

Does anyone know where I'd find something that would do this for me, or a tutorial I could take a look at that would explain how to set up something like this?

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Old 07-04-2006, 05:08 PM   #2
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I'm looking for a plugin of some sorts(or a tutorial that will explain how I could get one set up) that will change the finder visually - I want to display a checkbox next to each file, in a column on the left side of the entry in a list of files.

I don't think there is any software that will do this.
There is no official, approved way of changing the Finder's appearance. The only thing available would be the haxies that are mentioned in some of the threads in the "Tweaking OS X" section of these forums
- which is where I'm going to move this thread.

But I'm curious why you would want this. What is the purpose of these check marks? Or what is your higher-level goal? Maybe there is an easier way to achieve your higher-level goal.
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Old 07-04-2006, 06:18 PM   #3
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I'm working on a code project, and need to track which of my files are working and which aren't. Being able to just check/uncheck them is an easy way to label them as working or not working.

However, after poking around a bit more, I've found that Finder's color labels will do the job just fine. Now I just need to find a hotkey to toggle the color for me.

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Old 07-04-2006, 08:10 PM   #4
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You could always use an Applescript to set the color of the selected file and then assign a hotkey to the script (using a program like Quicksilver, Butler, etc).

For example:
Code:
property file_color : 2 --red

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	set selected to selection
	repeat with n_file in every item in selected
		set label index of n_file to file_color
	end repeat
end tell
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Old 07-04-2006, 10:11 PM   #5
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Yes, that should work perfectly. Thanks!
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