finder button - new finder window

[4now]

Is there a setting that will launch a new finder window whenever the finder dock icon is selected?

 

[Virgil-TB2]

Is there a setting that will launch a new finder window whenever the finder dock icon is selected?

You should just have to click it.

Maybe you need a reboot?

 

[72930]

You should just have to click it.

Maybe you need a reboot?

I think the OP means that a new Finder window should be opened, even if one is already open, right?

 

[4now]

what I mean
is that if a finder window is already open
then it will come into focus when the dock icon is selected

but I want a separate finder window to launch every time the icon is selected

usually I need to right click the icon and select 'new finder window'

 

[72930]

I just made this "application" with Script Editor, just place it in your dock, and give it a nice icon, maybe from Interfacelift or a similar site:

http://mt11.quickshareit.com/share/finder5c4aa.zip

 

[4now]

ya !!

 

[xUKHCx]

I just made this "application" with Script Editor, just place it in your dock, and give it a nice icon, maybe from Interfacelift or a similar site:

http://mt11.quickshareit.com/share/finder5c4aa.zip

I think adding the bits in bold will be better, this way it won't throw an big confusing error if it fails and also the Finder will be the active application at the end with the window at the front. Just my thoughts.

try
tell application "Finder"
make new Finder window at front
activate application "Finder"
end tell
end try

 

[4now]

is there a line I can add to make it open to my user's 'Documents' folder by default?

thanks

 

[xUKHCx]

is there a line I can add to make it open to my user's 'Documents' folder by default?

thanks

This should work

try
tell application "Finder" to open folder "documents" of home
activate application "Finder"
end try

 

[4now]

That works great! thanks a lot

sorry I'm still new to the mac platform
after I've entered the script into script editor
how do I save it as an .app

 

[Consultant]

1. What's so hard about Command-N? Can do it faster than mousing over and click something.

2. Go into Finder Preferences, and set:
"New Finder windows open:" to documents

 

[4now]

thanks but i'd prefer the button

 

[imac123]

oo i've been wanting the same thing too, thanks for posting this!

Is there a way to make the default window a certain size too?

 

[xUKHCx]

That works great! thanks a lot

sorry I'm still new to the mac platform
after I've entered the script into script editor
how do I save it as an .app

File - Save - Select Application Bundle (makes it universal) and uncheck startup screen if already selected.

oo i've been wanting the same thing too, thanks for posting this!

Is there a way to make the default window a certain size too?

Play around with the values to make it how big you want and where abouts on the screen

set bounds of front window to {WW, XX, YY, ZZ}

--ww how far from the left
--xx how far from the top (menu bar is 45 so make it bigger than that
--yy width
--zz height

Not the prettiest as it will create the window then make the size and position of the window but it happens very quickly indeed and I don't have the time now to figure it out.

 

[4now]

try
tell application "Finder" to open folder "documents" of home
activate application "Finder"
end try

Hi - Just noticed this doesn't open a 'new finder window'

can the script be adjusted somehow

I tried everything I could think of

thanks

 

[xUKHCx]

Strange does it on mine any how is this better

try
tell application "Finder" to make new window (open folder "documents" of home)
activate application "Finder"
end try

 

[4now]

I get a syntax Error

Expected “given”, “with”, “without”, other parameter name, etc. but found class name.

 

[4now]

no it doesn't open a new finder window whenever the app is clicked


try
tell application "Finder"
make new Finder window at front
activate application "Finder"
end tell
end try

opened a new window every time

 

[xUKHCx]

Where does it highlight in the script when it says that.

What exactly do you mean by "this doesn't open a 'new finder window'"

The second script is semi borked but the try should remove that part. It works fine here.

Here is the first script that I posted and works fine here unless I am misunderstanding how you want it to work

 

[xUKHCx]

Ok read your latest posting, problem is (as far as I am aware) if there is a window already open with that folder then the script will just refer to that window.

The easy way to get around that is to just set the Finder preferences to open your Documents window by default then the script that you quoted will work. To do that go to Finder - Preferences - General - New Finder Window Opens - Then select where you want

 

[4now]

What exactly do you mean by "this doesn't open a 'new finder window'"

when I select the button (script.app) from the dock
finder opens - to documents

but if I click the dock button again I do not get a second finder window
instead it reloads into the finder window that is already open

but the first script you made 'make new Finder window at front' opened a separate window every time
just not to 'documents'

test.app opens only once - thanks

 

[4now]

The easy way to get around that is to just set the Finder preferences to open your Documents window by default then the script that you quoted will work. To do that go to Finder - Preferences - General - New Finder Window Opens - Then select where you want

I already tried that

I thought that would work too - but it didn't
it won't open to 'documents' even though it has been selected in preferences

oh well - thanks for your efforts