• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Applescript launchers for UI events?
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Applescript launchers for UI events?


  • Subject: Applescript launchers for UI events?
  • From: Bryan Smart <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:39:42 -0400
  • Acceptlanguage: en-US
  • Thread-topic: Applescript launchers for UI events?

I've found lots of macro tools that can start Applescripts in lots of ways in response to keyboard commands, joystick actions, or even MIDI devices. However, I'm looking for a tool that can use UI events as triggers to start Applescripts.

The only one that I know of at the moment with this capability is UI Actions. UI Actions's triggers use too narrow of a scope, though. For example, you can't launch a script when a new window appears, but must instead watch for a window to appear in a specific program. UI Actions also lacks keyboard triggers.

QuicKeys, Keyboard Maestro, and others can run scripts periodically (even once per second), but constantly checking the UI isn't a good approach.

Do any other macro tools use UI events as triggers? Note that I'm not talking about application launch/quit, but am instead talking about notifications (via the accessibility APIs) that UI elements have been created, destroyed, or modified. I'd appreciate hearing about any new trails to investigate.

Bryan


 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users

This email sent to email@hidden

  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: Applescript launchers for UI events?
      • From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
  • Prev by Date: Re: Searching for scripts - One solution
  • Next by Date: Re: Applescript launchers for UI events?
  • Previous by thread: Re: Searching for scripts - One solution
  • Next by thread: Re: Applescript launchers for UI events?
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread