on 2005-11-18 9:27 AM, Scott Mitchell at scottmitchell@mac.... wrote:

> 1) I can not seem to find where AXFinderItem is defined, if I run the App
> UIElementInspector that Apple put out as an example I see it listed in there
> when I hover
> my mouse over a Finder Item on the desktop, but can not find the definition
> for it anywhere in the code.

I tried to find it a long time ago, but could not. My conclusion is that the
Finder defines it internally, in code, and that you cannot get at it from
outside the Finder.

> 2) I can not seem to set a position for an AXFinderItem. I call
> err = AXUIElementIsAttributeSettable( newElement, kAXPositionAttribute,
> &theSettableFlag );
> too see if the attribute is settable but it return theSettableFlag = False
>  
> So according to the post I got back (link below) I should be able to set this
> attribute.

I understood Mr. Louch's message to say that you can NOT set the position
attribute of an AXFinderItem, for just the reason you mention -- the
position attribute is not settable.

I believe Mr. Louch was telling you that you can set the position of an icon
on the desktop using traditional Finder scripting, if the desktop is set to
a non-arranged icon view. Something like this:

tell application "Finder"
    set position of item 1 of desktop to {100, 100}
end tell

Unfortunately, that piece of the Finder's AppleScript implementation seems
to be broken.

--

Bill Cheeseman - wjcheeseman@adel...
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
http://www.quecheesoftware.com

PreFab Software - http://www.prefab.com/scripting.html
The AppleScript Sourcebook - http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com
Vermont Recipes - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/VermontRecipes


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