Shiny Droplets are small AppleScript-based applications that integrate with the Finder toolbar to provide fast shortcuts to text editors and other applications:

To install Shiny Droplets, download them from here, extract the ZIP file, then drag some Droplets onto your Finder toolbar.

To use them, simply drag some files onto the Droplet or highlight them and click on the button.

tell application "Finder"
	if selection is {} then
		tell application "BBEdit"
			activate
		end tell
	else
		set finderSelection to selection as alias list
		tell application "BBEdit"
			open finderSelection
			activate
		end tell
	end if
end tell

Dropping files onto a Droplet will cause each file to open in its own editor window, and selecting multiple files before clicking on a Droplet will cause them to open in the same editor window (if the editor supports this functionality).

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