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Re: Get list of desktops?
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Re: Get list of desktops?


  • Subject: Re: Get list of desktops?
  • From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:38:53 -0400

Testing on 10.6.8. I initially had similar numerical results like you did. Maybe I need to use that number as the desktop's index instead of 0, 1, 2.

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On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Axel Luttgens <email@hidden> wrote:

> Le 18 juil. 2013 à 16:20, Alex Zavatone a écrit :
>
>> [...]
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>>    get every desktop
>>        --> {desktop "69677952", desktop "69503829"}
>>    get change interval of desktop "69677952"
>>        --> error number -10002 from «class dskp» "69677952"
>> error "System Events got an error: Invalid key form." number -10002 from desktop "69677952"
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> Here on 10.8, desktop ids are numeric, and get every desktop would return something like:
>
>    --> {desktop id 69677952, desktop id 69503829}
>
> Which OS version are you running?
>
> Should it be anyway of some help in your case, this one seems fine (even if a bit verbose) here:
>
>    tell application "System Events"
>        tell (first desktop whose id is 69503829)
>            get change interval
>            -- more get/set stuff
>        end tell
>    end tell
>
>
>> What's the proper method to getting the list of desktops and walking it?
>
> Yvan already suggested a way.
> Should it be working for you, here's a slightly different one:
>
>    tell application "System Events"
>        repeat with D in desktops
>            tell D
>                get change interval
>                -- more get/set stuff
>            end tell
>        end repeat
>    end tell
>
> HTH,
> Axel
>
>
>
>
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