RE: Click menu item with option key down

Subject: RE: Click menu item with option key down

From: "Christopher Hickman" <email@hidden>

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:08:39 -0400

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Except he doesn't need to Option-Type, he needs to Option-Click. Unless I misunderstand your email, it looks like the command, option, shift, and control booleans are parameters to the type key command. Hopefully I'm wrong and this will work.

Topher

From: Justin van Berckel [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:54 PM
To: Christopher Hickman
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Subject: Re: Click menu item with option key down

I think I have found a solution

There is another program that fills in the missing applescript events. Its called ExtraSuites, and it has the ability to do all sort of key-down events.

http://www.kanzu.com/

ES type key v : simulate typing a key on the keyboard

ES type key string : the key to press. Special keys include "tab", "enter", etc. Refer info for full list

[command boolean] : hold down the command key

[option boolean] : hold down the option key

[shift boolean] : hold down the shift key

[control boolean] : hold down the control key

---=----=----=---

Justin van Berckel

QA Software Testing Engineer

Atimi Software

On 26-Apr-05, at 8:05 AM, Christopher Hickman wrote:

I've run out of ideas. Sorry. I think what is needed is for Apple to add a

"with modifiers" parameter to System Event's click command. I don't imagine

that would be difficult (I'd think that it would just be a matter of setting

some bits in the event that it generates). Perhaps in 10.5?

Good luck. I'll poke around and see if I can think of something in

Objective-C that might do what you need.

Topher

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Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:25 PM

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Subject: Fwd: Click menu item with option key down

--I am sending this to the list again because I have not yet seen it

come through--

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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