This looks like a bug in osascript. Please write up a bug.
Thanks,
jl
> I tried turning off Dashboard's devmode and F11 Desktop View is still
> cancelled by the widget's calls to widget.system(). This would be a problem
> for any widget utilizing AppleScript to the desktop applications (some of
> the most useful widgets). There's no logical reason that this should be the
> behavior, since the widget.system() calls are only retrieving information
> and not changing anything onscreen.
>
> A workaround is needed since this behavior has already shipped in MacOS X.
> Below are the widget.system() calls.
>
> Dashboard's devmode is fantastic. It should be made a core feature that is
> enabled by default. So many widgets I've seen are far less useful if you
> have to search for your F12 key every time you want to just take a glance at
> them.
>
> Brian
>
>
> widget.system(
> "/usr/bin/osascript"+
> " -e 'tell application \"iTunes\"'"+
> " -e 'name of current track'"+
> " -e 'end tell'",
> null);
> widget.system(
> "/usr/bin/osascript"+
> " -e 'tell application \"Finder\"\n"+
> "\"\"&startup disk\n"+
> "end tell\n'",
> null);
> widget.system("/bin/date", null);
> widget.system("/bin/ls", null);
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: John Louch <email@hidden>
> To: Brian Klock <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Calling widget.system() and F11 Desktop view
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:25:37 -0800
>
>> It appears that processes with a GUI called through "osascript" cause the
>> cancellation of the F11 Desktop View. I tested with 4 different
>> widget.system() calls:
>> (1) /bin/date
>> (2) /bin/ls
>> (3) /usr/bin/osascript -->(iTunes)
>> (4) /usr/bin/osascript -->(Finder)
>> The second two cause F11 Desktop View to cancel while the first two do
> not.
>
> What are the scripts that are being called?
>
>>
>> Is there any known workaround for this? This could really sink the
>> acceptance of a dashboard widget if it disables the F11 Desktop View like
>> this. If users want to keep the widget permanently on their desktop,
> they
>> would have to give up their F11 Desktop View.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: John Louch <email@hidden>
>> To: Brian Klock <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Calling widget.system() and F11 Desktop view
>> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:01:04 -0800
>>
>> So it is not widget.system. I just wrote a widget that lets you type
>> anything in, and then calls widget.system on it.
>>
>> I put in some simple commands like ls, etc. And Show Desktop was not
>> cancelled. Most likely the widget in question is causing some other app
> to
>> come to the front which causes show desktop to be canceled.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jl
>>
>>> Aha. Yes, I am in developer mode so I can have all of my widgets
> showing
>>> even without the Dashboard Layer showing. With a widget showing in
>>> developer mode, when the widget makes a call to widget.system(), the F11
>>> Desktop View is cancelled if it was activated at that moment.
>>>
>>> (1) Open a widget (one that makes periodic calls to widget.system())
>>> (2) Drag it and press the F12 Dashboard Key while you're dragging it
>>> (3) Leave the widget visible on the desktop
>>> (4) Press F11 Desktop View
>>>
>>> ----> As soon as the widget makes a call to widget.system(), the F11
>> Desktop
>>> View is
>>> cancelled as if you pressed F11 again
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> ----Original Message Follows----
>>> From: John Louch <email@hidden>
>>> To: Brian Klock <email@hidden>,
> <email@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: Calling widget.system() and F11 Desktop view
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:21:54 -0800
>>>
>>> I don't understand what you are saying. showing the widget layer
> cancels
>>> F11, show desktop. Can you give use reproducible steps of your problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> jl
>>>
>>>> Has anyone found a way to prevent calls to widget.system() from
>>> cancelling
>>>> the F11 Desktop View? I can't think of a reason that Apple would write
>>> the
>>>> API that way, there must be a good reason I haven't thought up.
>>>>
>>>> As a user that is quite annoying, with a widget that runs a period
>>>> widget.system() script it more or less disables the F11 Desktop View.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
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