Please don't use SIMBL it causes grief for users and they don't know why. It messes with other applications.
On Sep 30, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Matt Gough wrote: > Damon, > > Firstly there is no official way to do this, all the solutions you see in the > wild are hacks of one sort or another. > > Having said that, I had to implement what you are asking for (overlays on > icons) and did it via SIMBL. Unfortunately I can't share code or say too much > about what what is needed, but it would certainly help if you understood > method swizzling and found a way to dump all the Obj_c classes that the > Finder uses internally. > > Good luck > > Matt > > On 29 Sep 2011, at 20:39, Damon Allison wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am researching options for integrating with Finder. In particular, I would >> like my application to provide file and directory icon overlays similar to >> how Dropbox.app overlays green and blue images on top of file and folder >> images. >> >> I noticed a few applications (svn utilities) that have used >> `/Library/Contextual Menu Plugins` plugins to accomplish this. I've also >> seen programs use SIMBL [1] plugins. Contextual Menu Plugins appears to have >> been replaced by Automator Services, and SIMBL seems like an unsupported >> hack. >> >> Is there an 'official' way to integrate with the finder? If so, what is it? >> If not, how does dropbox accomplish their finder integration? >> >> Either way, I would certainly appreciate any information / source code you >> could provide. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Damon >> >> [1] SIMBL : >> http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php_______________________________________________ >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jjoyce%40apple.com > > This email sent to jjo...@apple.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
