Implementing "Show in Finder" button in Objective-C

Question

In my application I would like to create a 'Show in Finder' button.

I have been able to figure out how to pop up a Finder window of that directory but haven't figured out how to highlight the file like the OS does.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

NSArray *fileURLs = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:fileURL1, /* ... */ nil]; [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] activateFileViewerSelectingURLs:fileURLs]; 

stolen from Launch OSX Finder window with specific files selected

Answer 2

You can use NSWorkspace method -selectFile:inFileViewerRootedAtPath: like this:

[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] selectFile:fullPathString inFileViewerRootedAtPath:pathString];