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Re: Safari

  • Subject: Re: Safari
  • From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:02:42 -0400
Visible = if the application process is hidden or not - I think.

visibleget/setbooleanIs the process' layer visible?


On Apr 3, 2013, at 12:29 PM, 2551phil wrote:

Can anyone explain under what conditions that would that return "False"?

It returns "True" for me, even when Safari is just idling in the background (i.e, not the active application).


On 3 Apr 2013, at 23:23, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:

On Apr 3, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Alex Zavatone wrote:

Immediately, I think that a process to detect when the app moves to the background and disable _javascript_ from the Develop menu is an easy approach.

This seems to work as you describe …

tell application "System Events" to set safariFrontmost to visible of process "Safari"




Best

Phil
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References: 
 >Safari (From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Safari (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Safari (From: 2551phil <email@hidden>)

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