B4J Question How to open System Preferences (control panel) by code on Mac

ThRuST · Oct 26, 2018

Like the headlines says, how to open System preferences pane on Mac from B4J code?

I know that a path can be opened by doing this

B4X:

fx.ShowExternalDocument(File.GetUri(Folderpath, ""))

or this

B4X:

Dim shl As Shell
            shl.InitializeDoNotHandleQuotes("shl", "Open", Array As String ("" & Folderpath))
            'shl.WorkingDirectory = File.DirApp
            shl.WorkingDirectory = Folderpath
            shl.Run(100)

ThRuST · Oct 27, 2018

Well I found this but I'm not sure if it will open System Preferences pane on a Mac. Go here

To access the personal preference panes, use the path ~/YourHomeFolderName/Library/PreferencePanes.

To discover the public preference panes, use the path ~/Library/PreferencePanes.

Erel · Oct 28, 2018

B4X:

Sub OpenPreferences
   Dim s As Shell
   s.Initialize("s", "open", Array("x-apple.systempreferences:"))
   s.Run(-1)
End Sub

ThRuST · Oct 28, 2018

Great, now it works like it should. A bonus question concerning those System preferences sub panes, how to access those?
I'm not really familiar with Mac, but I want to create a module similar to in Windows. Look at the Floating menu in Windows to see what I mean.
Athena is starting to show some potential. I'll let the screenshot speak for themselves.
Thanks a bunch Erel. B4X is awesome and so are you

Mac

PC

ThRuST · Oct 28, 2018

I want to do the same for Mac.

ThRuST · Oct 28, 2018

I found OS X System References Links here I guess the complete path should be used not sure haven't tested it yet. Looks promising though.

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