<pre>-- The delay before springing open a container (1 is shortest delay, 5 is longest delay)on mouseUp  answer "The delay before springing of Finder is" && getDelayBeforeSpringing()end mouseUpfunction getDelayBeforeSpringing  put "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & return after scriptVar  put indent(2) & "set response to delay before springing of Finder preferences" & return after scriptVar  put indent(2) & "return (response as string)" & return after scriptVar  put "end tell" after scriptVar  do scriptVar as appleScript  return the resultend getDelayBeforeSpringing</pre>