Usage

The basic sample of FileSorter is as follows. The following sample obtain Finder's insertion location and sort all of item in it according to its view style.

use FileSorter : script "FileSorter"

(make FileSorter)'s sorted_items()

By giving a delegate to the instance, following behavior can be customized.

A folder to refer its view style. -- resolve_container
Items to be sorted. -- target_items_at
Whether row wise or column wise in non arranged icon view. -- is_rowwise_for_iconview

The following sample shows the usage of delegate.

Obtain home folder and referrer its view style.
Sort only folders in home folder.
When the view of the home folder is non arranged icon view, sorting order is row wise always.

use scripting additions

use FileSorter : script "FileSorter"

script SorterDelegate

on resolve_container()

return path to home folder as alias

end resolve_container

on target_items_at(a_location)

tell application "Finder"

set a_list to every folder of a_location

end tell

repeat with an_item in a_list

set contents of an_item to an_item as alias

end repeat

return a_list

end target_items_at

on is_rowwise_for_iconview(view_options)

return true

end is_rowwise_for_iconview

end script

FileSorter's make_with_delegate(SorterDelegate)'s sorted_items()