Re: AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue
Re: AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue
- Subject: Re: AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue
- From: Mike Engber <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:05:53 -0800
I believe you're running into a bug (only affecting Cocoa apps) that
was fixed in Panther.
In Jaguar, the title attribute used the NSWindow's title method which
included (sometimes) the file's path concatenated on at the end.
In Panther, it returns just the title. If you want the file, then use
the kAXDocumentAttribute.
-ME
On Mar 25, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Modesitt Software wrote:
My code obtains the frontmost window title of the frontmost
application using AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue with the attribute
kAXTitleAttribute:
CFTypeRef cfRef;
axErr = ::AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue( theElementRef,
kAXTitleAttribute, &cfRef );
which works in most cases. However, on some windows, such as iMovie
windows, only part of the window title is returned.
For example, if my iMovie file is called MyBigMovie, the window title
is
iMovie: MyBigMovie 57:42 (NTSC)
however, AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue only returns "iMovie" as the
window title. I did notice that as iMovie is starting, the window
title starts as iMovie, then later the file name is appended. Could
that be why AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue only returns iMovie as the
window title? Or is there something else I need to do, or is that how
the accessibility APIs work?
Thank you,
Bill Modesitt
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