I recently moved away from Mac OS Sierra (yes I know I'm late) to High Sierra and I was forced to update to Safari Version 13.1.2. Now I am profoundly annoyed by it opening new Tabs (⌘t) next to my active tab instead of all to the right as it used to.
I believe while in Safari, using the keyboard shortcut ⌥ ⌘ T Will open a new tab to the far right
tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
keystroke "t" using {option down, command down}
end tell
Knowing now that there is a menu entry "New Tab at End", there is no need for an Apple script or QuickSilver or anything. Just open System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, and add a shortcut using the plus button like the following:
So here is how to work around it. Open "Script Editor" and paste this code:
tell application "Safari"
if windows is {} then
make new document
else
tell first window
set current tab to last tab
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari" to tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item "File" to tell menu 1 to click menu item "New Tab"
end tell
end if
end tell
Disclaimer: this code is highly inspired by the code from xhinter on Mac OS X Hints, all kudos to him.
Save the script as Tab in Safari on the right.scpt in your ~/Library/Scripts folder (important for Quicksilver to find it). To run it you will need to allow rights to the app in the accessibility settings, the system will prompt you, don't discard it.
Check if Quicksilver > Catalog includes your user scripts, and refresh it to make sure the newly created script is in the catalog. Go to Triggers > Custom Triggers, add one via the plus in the bottom and type tabin, it will bring up the script as result. Enter closes the window. Press the ℹ️ in the bottom. Under Settings, add the Shortcut ⌘t. Under Scope, select Enabled in selected applications, in the textfield enter "Safari" which will be parsed automatically. See here for a more detailed description of scripts in Quicksilver.
That's it. Have fun!
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how do we reset the size of safari dev-tools with apple-script for simulators? The url can be random and anything(any site). As can be seen from the screenshot, there is a setting option we get in safari devtools for simulators, where we can set the devtools size with "zoom" option. I wanted it to set to 100% with applescript doing the same job.
This script i was trying as shown below is trying to activate safari, then go the simulator device and click on the url. Then i am stuck on how to click on the settings tab on safari devtools and finally on zoom option to resize devtools with applescript
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tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Safari"
if not (exists menu bar item "Develop" of menu bar 1) then return
tell menu 1 of menu bar item "Develop" of menu bar 1
set simulatorMenuName to the name of (menu items whose name starts with "Simulator") as string
if simulatorMenuName is equal to "" then return
set simulatorMenuNameMenuItems to the name of menu items of menu 1 of menu item simulatorMenuName
if item 1 of simulatorMenuNameMenuItems is not "Safari" then return
repeat with i from 1 to count simulatorMenuNameMenuItems
if item i of simulatorMenuNameMenuItems is equal to missing value then
set menuItemNumber to i - 1
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
tell menu 1 of menu item simulatorMenuName to click menu item menuItemNumber
end tell
end tell
end tell
I am not able to test in the same environment as you at the present time, however, he example AppleScript code, shown below, was tested in Script Editor under macOS Catalina and Safari version 14.0.3 (15610.4.3.1.6, 15610) with Language & Region settings in System Preferences set to English (US) — Primary and worked for me without issue1.
1 Assumes necessary and appropriate settings in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy have been set/addressed as needed.
Example AppleScript code:
tell application "Safari" to activate
delay 0.2
tell application "System Events"
tell front window of application process "Safari"
if (value of pop up button 1 of group 19 of ¬
group 4 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of ¬
group 1 of group 1) is not "100%" then
click ¬
pop up button 1 of group 19 of ¬
group 4 of UI element 1 of ¬
scroll area 1 of group 1 of group 1
delay 0.1
click ¬
menu item "100%" of menu 1 of group 1
end if
end tell
end tell
Notes:
The example AppleScript code assumes that the front window of Safari is already loaded to the target page and or Web Inspector tab/window.
The target tab of the Web Inspector does not appear to be JavaScript scriptable via AppleScript, however, it can be scripted using UI Scripting. Note that UI Scripting is kludgy at best and prone to failure due to changes in the hierarchical UI element structure of the OS and or application being scripted. Changes to the example AppleScript code presented may need to be made to your use in macOS Big Sur, or any other version of macOS and or Safari other than what it was tested and worked under.
You can use Accessibility Inspector to check the hierarchical UI element structure under the current version of macOS and Safari your are using. You can also use AppleScript to query the various hierarchical UI element structures to ascertain which it the right one for the pop up button button.
Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans any included error handling does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.
I'm trying to create a script that will click in Safari on a Favorites folder in the FAVORITES-BAR (just below the toolbar) to open it. Unfortunately without success. Does anyone know help?
Andy
Here is an option that works for me on the latest version of Mac OS high Sierra. To start with, if you don't already know which Favorite you would like to automate clicking, the code in this option supplies you with a list of your Favorites to choose from. This is also assuming that your Favorites bar is already visible in Safari.
tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events"
delay 0.1
set yourFaves to name of buttons of group 1 of window 1 ¬
of application process "Safari"
delay 0.1
set theURL to (choose from list yourFaves ¬
with title ¬
"FAVORITES BUTTONS" with prompt ¬
"Which Favorite Would You Like To Visit?" OK button name ¬
"GO THERE" cancel button name ¬
"CANCEL" without empty selection allowed) as text
click UI element theURL of group 1 of window 1 ¬
of application process "Safari"
end tell
This solution has its limits though. This version will only retrieve the Favorites that are actually visible in the browser window. I'm working on another solution which may get better results. Will update this post shortly
I need an applescript to open safari in full screen an to hide the toolbar on mavericks.
it sounds easy but it isnt!
i need to open safari then open google in full screen mode an then hide the toolbar.
it would be the equivilent to the below sample but instead for safari
tell application "Google Chrome"
open location "http://internet.ceo.wa.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx"
end tell
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "f" using {command down, shift down}
end tell
Could be simple as this:
tell application "Safari"
activate
if (count of windows) is 0 then -- Remove "if" statement if you don't want to make a new window if there is none
make new document at front
end if
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "f" using {command down, control down}
end tell
Not sure if you can make it with no toolbar at all.
Update 4/4
not sure what you can do with it but look into this program. If it works the way you want. Add a system events to use the drop downs to select the item.
The Barbarian Group has a freeware app called "Plainview", which seems to be just a wrapper around Webkit. It works as a "Fullscreen kiosk-style presentation content viewer", similar to what Chrome presentation mode does.
Anyways, it's a free download, so no risk in trying. Scroll almost to the bottom of this page:
http://barbariangroup.com
Direct download:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/plainviewapp/plainview_1.0.178.zip
Easy way:
set MyApps to {"Google Chrome", "Skype", "Finder"}
repeat with MyApp in MyApps
tell application MyApp
activate
delay 3
tell application "System Events" to tell process MyApp
set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of window 1 to true
end tell
end tell
end repeat
I am creating a mac app that needs to start dictation (OSX 10.8) by itself. Because there is no way to initiate dictation "directly" the best way to do this is through the menu bar "Edit"/"Start Dictation" because a user may have different keyboard shortcuts for it.
Here's the simple script my app calls (using an NSAppleScript object):
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "MyApp"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "Edit"
tell menu "Edit"
click menu item "Start Dictation"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
Here are the results (NSLog'd the error from the AppleScript)
Error:-1719 System Events got an error:
Can’t get menu bar 1 of application process "MyApp". Invalid index.
I did a basic test to see what was going on
My App:
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "MyApp"
set x to menu bars
return x
end tell
end tell
result: <NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ ]>
Finder:
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Finder"
set x to menu bars
return x
end tell
end tell
result: <NSAppleEventDescriptor: [ 'obj '{ 'form':'indx', 'want':'mbar', 'seld':1, 'from':'obj '{ 'form':'name', 'want':'pcap', 'seld':'utxt'("Finder"), 'from':null() } } ]>
So basically AppleScript is telling me my app has no menu bars? I run Accessibility Inspector and sure enough there is in fact a menu bar (plus I can see it...).
What's going wrong here?
I was after something similar, I wanted to activate a service from within Emacs which had otherwise overridden the global keyboard shortcut to the service - A different question which I will ask in another thread.
Running your examples above I did discover that I had to have added the application (Emacs and for testing Automator) to the Accessibility applications (System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility). Further information regarding that on select-a-menu-item-in-applescript-without-using-system-events-in-10-9-maverick and also AppleScript - uiscripting.
With that access in place I am able to see the menu items under services:
tell application "Emacs"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Emacs"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu "Emacs"
tell menu item "Services"
tell menu "Services"
set x to menu items
click menu item "XXX"
return x
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
But the action is not activated!
Using the example above an error is returned that 'XXX' does not exist. Replacing the string with the correct string means no error occurs, but the action does not take place.
Have you tried activating your app with a short delay before running the system events stuff? You're also missing some other stuff. Here's how you would do it in Safari...
tell application "Safari" to activate
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
tell menu bar item "Edit" of menu bar 1
click
delay 0.5
tell menu item "Speech" of menu 1
click
delay 0.5
click menu item "Start Speaking" of menu 1
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
A second point. If you are creating the application yourself then you do not need to do as you are suggesting. You state "Because there is no way to initiate dictation directly" but why do you say that? Every menu item is hooked up to a command, so in essence you can hook into that command if this is your own application. Just create a button or something in your interface and connect it to the same command that the menu item is connected to. For example I can see in Xcode that the "Start Speaking" menu item is connected to First Responder's startSpeaking command. As such you can create a button or some other item and connect it to startSpeaking of First Responder in Interface builder yourself.
I m working on safari plugin. I have added some Qt code in it. Now I want to open "safari->preferences" pane when user clicks on QPushButton on my Qt dialog.
If it is possible in Objective-C also, please tell me.
Finally I got it.
Here is my solution:
tell application "Safari" to activate
delay 4
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
keystroke "," using command down
tell window 1
click button "Extensions" of tool bar 1
activate "Extensions"
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
Using this AppleScript we can open Safari->Preferences programatically.
I dont know a direct api.
write an apple script and use ui scripting
to tell safari
1) to open
2) to select the menuitem preferences (maybe even send key stroke cmd+,)
some script like:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "Safari"
tell menu "Safari"
click menu item "Preferences..."
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell