Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Finder Guide /

Chapter 2 - Finder Objects / Object Class Definitions

Content Space

An object of class Content Space can be any Finder content space, including a container window, the desktop, an information window, a sharing window,
a status window, or a window.

PROPERTIES

None

ELEMENT CLASSES

Like any window, a content space can contain any of the elements that can be contained by the object to which it belongs.

COMMANDS HANDLED

Clean Up, Close, Count, Data Size, Exists, Get, Open, Print, Sort, Update

DEFAULT VALUE RETURNED

Reference to a content space or, if you use the plural form content spaces, a list of references.

EXAMPLE

This script returns a list of all Finder content spaces that are currently open, including the desktop:

tell application "Finder"   content spaces
end tell

--result: {information window of startup disk of 
application "Finder", window of folder "Projects" of 
startup disk of application "Finder", window of startup 
disk of application "Finder", window of disk "Applications" 
of application "Finder", content space of desktop of 
application "Finder"}

For more information about using content spaces in scripts, see "References to Finder Windows," which begins on page 22.