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Other way to do it
Authored by: aranor on Feb 01, '02 10:43:56AM

If I ever want to do this, the quickest way in my opinion is the following:

Hold command
Double-click on a folder
In the new window, press Cmd-B to bring back the toolbar
Press cmd-up arrow

Voila!



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Other way to do it
Authored by: betabug on Feb 02, '02 02:41:18AM

It's nice to also set the bounds:
That way windows always have my prefered size. Just have to move them to the spot you want
them, as they get set on top of the "cloned" window.

tell application "Finder"
get the exists of the front Finder window
if the (exists of the front Finder window) is true then
try
set newWindow to target of front window
set oldView to current view of front window
-- added this line:
set windowBounds to bounds of front window
make new Finder window to newWindow
set current view of front window to oldView
-- added this line:
set bounds of front window to windowBounds
end try
else
try
make new Finder window to alias "pan:"
set the current view of the front Finder window to column view
end try
end if
end tell



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Let's try again :)
Authored by: jimhoyt on Feb 02, '02 04:21:00PM
This'll keep it from using your disk name...
-- added this line:
property this : ""

tell application "Finder"
get the exists of the front Finder window
if the (exists of the front Finder window) is true then
try
set newWindow to target of front window
set oldView to current view of front window
-- added this line:
set windowBounds to bounds of front window
make new Finder window to newWindow
set current view of front window to oldView
-- added this line:
set bounds of front window to windowBounds
end try
else
try
-- changed this line:
make new Finder window to alias this
set the current view of the front Finder window to column view
end try
end if
end tell


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Setting bounds
Authored by: Anonymous on Feb 08, '02 11:19:42AM
How about instead setting the bounds like this:
  --snip--
try
	set newWindow to target of front window
	set theBounds to the bounds of front window
	set oldView to current view of front window
	make new Finder window with properties {bounds:theBounds} to newWindow
	set current view of front window to oldView
end try
	--snip--

     

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Command-Down Arrow
Authored by: DougAdams on Feb 03, '02 01:39:53PM

What's Command-Down Arrow for then?



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