Re: can't make option down into a real
Re: can't make option down into a real
- Subject: Re: can't make option down into a real
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:30:26 -0700
On 4/11/04 10:02 AM, "Robert Poland" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> keystroke "h" using option down / command down -- hide others
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> It's trying to divide option down by command down. Is that what you meant?
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> Kim Holburn
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Per the example in the System Events dictionary I'm trying to do the
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command Keystroke "h" using the command key AND the option key.
That's not an example: that's how enumerations (specific constants available
as values) are listed in the dictionary - using the forward slash. YIt
basically means here "alternate values", NOT "combined values". You can't
use the forward slash in your script - there it means "divided by" as Robert
says. What the dictionary does not say - a bug - is that you can use the
'using' parameter with a list to combine values;
keystroke "h" using {option down, command downn}
You also don't need to tell a process to run - if it's open it's already
running, if it's not open you can't tell it anythng because there's no such
process. I think you want:
tell application "System Preferences" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "System Preferences"
keystroke "h" using {option down, command down}
end tell
end tell
That works.
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Paul Berkowitz
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