Apple AppleScript Finder Guide - Manual (Page 59)

C H A P T E R 2
Finder Objects
Object Class Definitions
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Container Window 2
An object of class Container Window is a window for a container. For example,
the windows for a disk, a folder, or a suitcase are all container windows, while
a control panel window, the About This Macintosh window, and an informa-
tion window are not.
PROPERTIES
A container window has all the properties defined for object class Window on
page 95: Bounds, Closeable, Floating, Index, Modal, Position, Resizable, Titled,
Visible, Zoomable, and Zoomed.
Unlike other windows, a container window also has these properties:
container
A reference to the container to which the container
window belongs.
Class: Reference
Modifiable: No
disk A reference to the disk on which the container to which the
window belongs is stored.
Class: Reference
Modifiable: No
folder A reference to the folder to which the container window belongs
(available only for container windows of folders).
Class: Reference
Modifiable: No
item A reference to the item to which the container window belongs.
Class: Reference
Modifiable: No
previous list view
An integer between 2 and 8 or one of the corresponding constants
name
, modification date, size, kind, comment, label
index , or version. If the View property of the container
window is currently one of these list views, the value of this
property is the current list view. If the View property is small
icon
or icon, the value of this property is the last list view
selected. If no list view has been selected since the container
window was first opened, the value of this property is name.