I may have spoken too soon. I found key down and key up in
Hidden.scriptSuite under System Events.app (While I don't have GUI access to
a Mac, I do have ssh access).
Try this, though I don't know if it will work:
activate application "Printer Setup Utility"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Printer Setup Utility"
key down option
click menu item "Add Printer." of menu "Printers" of menu bar item
"Printers" of menu bar 1
key up option
end tell
end tell
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Hickman [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:03 PM
To: 'email@hidden'
Subject: RE: Click menu item with option key down
I'm replying just to you. I don't want to make extra traffic on the list for
stuff I'm guessing wildly about, since I don't have a Mac I can test on.
Does Add Printer have a key equivalent? If so you could use...
keystroke "N" using (command and option)
...where "N" is the key equivalent. I was hoping there was a way to tell
system events to keydown a modifier, then send the click, then keyup. I
don't think you can, though.
-----Original Message-----
From: rfitz [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:36 PM
To: Christopher Hickman
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Click menu item with option key down
click: cause the target process to behave as if the UI element were clicked
click UI element -- The UI element to be clicked.
[at list] -- when sent to a "process" object, the { x, y }
location at which to click, in global coordinates
Result: UI element -- the reply for the command
Above is the System Events Applescript Dictionary entry for the click
command. Unfortunately I do not see anything about modifiers
parameter. Hopefully I am wrong...
-Rhon
On 4/22/05, Christopher Hickman <email@hidden> wrote:
> I don't have a Mac right now to test, but doesn't the click command have a
> 'with modifiers' parameter? Check the System Events dictionary...
>
> Topher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: applescript-studio-bounces+tophu=email@hidden
> [mailto:applescript-studio-bounces+tophu=email@hidden] On
Behalf
> Of rfitz
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:02 PM
> To: AppleScript Studio
> Subject: Click menu item with option key down
>
> How can I change the code below so that when the click action is
> called, it sends a click with the option key down.
>
> activate application "Printer Setup Utility"
> tell application "System Events"
> tell process "Printer Setup Utility"
> click menu item "Add Printer." of menu "Printers" of menu
> bar item
> "Printers" of menu bar 1
> end tell
> end tell
>
> In order to get the advanced menu item to appear, you need to hold
> down the option key and either click the Add button or hold the option
> key and select Add Printer from the Printers menu.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rhon
>
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