Rule opens all folders in Application folder. Why?

[Bakari@surewest.net]

I have this simple rule:

Folder: Applications
If all the following conditions are met
Any File
Reveal in Finder

Problem: when a file is added to my Applications folder, it opens all the folders inside the Applications folder. I just want it to open the Applications folder itself so that I can access the file/application that was recently added to it.

Any suggestions for why it's working this way?

Thanks

[a_freyer]

The way that you have this setup, you're telling Hazel to open all the folders :)

When you add a file to Applications, Hazel notes that "Any file should be revealed in finder", so its going to reveal every folder in finder, since folders match with "anyfile"

You can do a few things.

1) Add a folder-ignoring condition "If file type is folder, then ignore file"
2) Add a file date marker "If file was added in the last 5 minutes, then reveal in finder"
3) Only reveal application files "If file extension is app then reveal in finder"

Hope that helps.

[Bakari@surewest.net]

Thanks. It worked. I need to study the rule procedure more.

[sjk]

2) Add a file date marker "If file was added in the last 5 minutes, then reveal in finder"

Not sure I understand that; can you describe how to do it? Thanks!