Using applescript to open a folder with a keyboard shortcut

Question

hello -
i have a rather simple question (probably). is there a way using applescript to create a keyboard command to open a folder? i.e. command shift a opens the applications folder and command shift u opens utilities. can i use applescript to designate a keyboard command to open a folder i have created? also, the script editor does not have to be open for me to utilize scripts, correct?
thanks for your patience with a newbie.

Answer 1

You can't make a keyboard shortcut to run a specific application from OSX, although there are third party applications such as Quicksilver that can do things like that. You can use an AppleScript to activate an existing menu item, for example:
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title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Finder"
keystroke "A" using {shift down, command down}
end tell</pre>
Other alternatives to keyboard shortcuts are to use the Scripts Menu or add an application to the Finder's toolbar. The Script Editor does not need to be active to use scripts.