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Re: Convert UI Element List to Strings?
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Re: Convert UI Element List to Strings?


  • Subject: Re: Convert UI Element List to Strings?
  • From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:30:58 +0100

Jonathan Levi wrote on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:59:48 -0400 (EDT):

>When using System Events to list a window's UI elements, I get a list of
>items such as
>
>    button 1 of window "foo.doc - LibreOffice Writer" of application
>process "soffice",
>    tool bar "Navigation" of window "foo.doc - LibreOffice Writer" of
>application process "soffice",
>
>etc.
>
>Can anyone show me how to convert these UI elements to the actual
strings
>'button 1 of window "foo.doc - LibreOffice Writer" of application
process
>"soffice"', 'tool bar "Navigation" of window "foo.doc - LibreOffice
Writer"
>of application process "soffice"', etc.?

We discussed this on MacScripter a few months back. You probably find
something useful here:

<http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=37674>

NG


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