Add an item to the Finder/Save dialog sidebar

Question

I\'m working on a script where a user logs into a guest account on OS and is prompted for their network credentials in order to mount their network home folder (while they b

Answer 1

It is possible to do this using AppleScript or Cocoa APIs, or do I need to modify a plist and restart the Finder?

No.

As I said on that other question, the correct way to add an item to the sidebar is to use LSSharedFileList.

Answer 2

A co-worker came up with this method that uses applescript:

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    -- Select the path you want on the sidebar in the Finder
    select folder "Preferences" of folder "Library" of (path to home folder)
    tell application "System Events"
        -- Command-T adds the Documents Folder to the sidebar
        keystroke "t" using command down
    end tell
end tell