Open folder in finder

limapapa

I have an export plugin to export jpgs to a specified folder. How can open a specific folder/path in a finder window? Im using SKPM

linzpeng

@skpm/dialog ?

kevgski

You can definitely do that with cocoascript!

If you have a file path:

let pathToFile = "/Users/kgutowski/Downloads/Testing2.sketch"
let url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(pathToFile).URLByDeletingLastPathComponent()
NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(url)

or if you have the folder path:

let pathToFolder = "/Users/kgutowski/Downloads/"
let url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(pathToFolder)
NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(url)

kevgski

what @linzpeng suggested works too but slightly differently. That's if you want to have the user select a folder from a file picker dialog.

limapapa

Excellent, thank you, I have this working now! However, when the finder window gets opened it sets that window as the active window and deactivates sketch and hides my plugin. I would like to open the finder window and still have sketch be the active app (which will keep my plugin visible). I looked around and found people doing something like this
let conf = NSWorkspace.OpenConfiguration()
conf.activates = false

But im not sure how to implement that using NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path))

Thanks for the help!

kevgski

You pass the configuration to a different method. Take a look at the methods on NSWorkspace

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsworkspace?language=objc

Tip: when looking at apple docs be sure to look at the objective-c documentation not the swift one! NSWorkspace.OpenConfiguration() is swift syntax.

Theres

openURL:
openURL:configuration:completionHandler:
openURLs:withApplicationAtURL:configuration:completionHandler:

We want to now use the second option:

let config = NSWorkspaceOpenConfiguration.configuration()
config.activates = false
NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL_configuration_completionHandler(url,config,nil)

limapapa

kevgski Awesome, that worked! thanks so much! I have this all working now. Really appreciate the help!