On November 26, 2017 at 8:46:19 PM, Christopher Stone (listmeister@...) wrote:

On 11/26/2017, at 17:09, John Stewart <psamech@...> wrote:

I’m looking at the desktop not just any random Finder window.  I have a script that cleans my desktop by moving file/icons around, it won’t work if the Desktop isn’t set to snap top grid.

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Hey John,

Try this:

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# Auth: Christopher Stone

# dCre: 2017/11/26 19:40

# dMod: 2017/11/26 19:44

# Appl: Finder

# Task: Get Arrangement of Window of Desktop

# Libs: None

# Osax: None

# Tags: @ccstone, @Applescript, @Script, @Finder, @Arrangement, @Window, @Desktop

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tell application "Finder"

    tell desktop

        tell its window

            if its current view = icon view then

                tell its icon view options

                    its arrangement

                end tell

            end if

        end tell

    end tell

end tell

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Best Regards,

Chris

On November 26, 2017 at 4:01:16 PM, Robert Poland (rpoland@...) wrote:

tell application "Finder"

activate

if ((current view of window index 1) = list view) then

set wdw to window 1

select wdw -- in case the window was not selected

tell wdw to tell its list view options

set m to width of column id modification date column

set width of column id modification date column to m + 1

set m to width of column id modification date column

set s to width of column id size column

set width of column id size column to s + 1

set s to width of column id size column

end tell

end if

end tell