Question

I am trying to get for special paths (home, desktop, applications, …) the icons you can see is the side bar of the finder. I tried the iconForFile method of NSWorkspace but got blue folder icons instead.
Do you have any idea how I can get the other icons?

Thanks for your help,

Answer 1

NSString *fileType = NSFileTypeForHFSTypeCode(kToolbarDesktopFolderIcon);
NSImage *desktopToolbarImage = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] iconForFileType:fileType];

If you command-double click (Xcode 3) or command-click (Xcode 4) on the kToolbarDesktopFolderIcon constant, you’ll be taken to a file (IconsCore.h) that contains a whole bunch of constants for default system icons. The special toolbar-style icons you’re looking for are all in the same group. kToolbarDownloadsFolderIcon will get you the white down arrow inside the green circle, kToolbarHomeIcon will get you the house icon, etc.