Hi Daniel, Thanks again for the speedy response:
on 27/5/10 10:10 PM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: > > Hi Neil > > Not sure if this is actually any more help, or more "hard work". > Found this link about it as well. > <http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=83832> > YES, this exactly addresses my specific problem/interest and (assuming the second poster is correct) explains how Apple does it. > But without modify code, not sure of an easy way to do it. No, the <dict>...</dict> entry in the .plist would presumably only work for folders defined as CoreTypes - as the poster says: >> but I don't think you can make this kind of icon for just any old folder. > > One thing to "Explore" might be to try downloading icongrapher > <http://www.mscape.com/> I might try that - I was a bit nervous when I read: >> (Iconographer was last updated in mid-2003) But I guess it should be fairly safe to just edit a .icns file bundle !? > Make all the icons the "normal" image you want, but the smaller one (for the > side bar) the alternative. > Then it will show as "normal" in the Finder, but (perhaps) when it's in the > sidebar it will show the alternative. Didn't have time to test it, but was > just a thought. Yes, as per my last post, I figured that this should be a work-around and , as you say, it will show as "normal" in the Finder - unless you set the finder icon size to 16x16 ;o) > Gotta get back to quotes and invoicing for now anyway,...lol. > But thought it might give you something to play with for now. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > OK, thanks for the ideas & links Daniel. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com > > On 27/5/10 2:06 PM, "Neil Houghton" <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> Thanks for the speedy response :) >> >> In this case, I don't think it is just a size thing - I think the sidebar >> icons must be designated as such somehow. >> >> The reason I say this is if I go to my home folder in finder, set it to icon >> view and then in the view options take the size all the way down to the min >> 16x16 the icons still just stay as smaller versions of the blue folder with >> overlay icon - they don't change to the more colorful, non-folder-type >> sidebar icons (try it). >> >> I checked out the discussion link you gave but, they said (as you thought) >> that it is just a size issue - however, from my test above, I don't think >> that this is the case - unless there is some special sidebar icon size >> (presumably smaller than 16x16 or I would see the sidebar icons as I changed >> the folder view icon size option. >> >> I can see that setting the 16x16 icon might be a quick fix (assuming the >> sidebar defaults to the smallest 16x16 icon) - but this would then also show >> in the main finder window (if you set icon size to 16x16) - so this is not >> the same as the default apple set-up for folders such as >> downloads/music/pictures etc. >> >> I looked at Iconographer but it is now discontinued and the developer's >> website says the latest version (2.5) was last updated in mid 2003 - so I'm >> not too keen to mess with SL icons with it! >> >> It's no big deal - just something I fancied playing with. When I get time, >> I'll google-on and if I do find out any more, I'll report back! >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
