Re: Keystroke question
Re: Keystroke question
- Subject: Re: Keystroke question
- From: Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 19:24:56 +0100
Le 2015/11/22 à 18:38, Robert Poland < email@hidden> a écrit :
On Nov 22, 2015, at 10:10:AM, Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden> wrote:
Le 2015/11/22 à 18:05, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :
Hi,
The line;
tell application “System Events” to keystroke “f” using {option down}
gets me the Application ‘Searching “This Mac”’ rather than typing a Option f.
What I’m trying to do is add an Option F to the name of a folder in a Finder window whose name is selected with the entry point set to the end of the name
TIA.
As you failed to tell it which process must be targeted, System Events send the keystroke to the frontmost one which appear to be the Finder.
Use :
tell application “System Events” to tell process "theProcessSupposedToTreatTheKeystroke"
set frontmost to true
keystroke “f” using {option down}
end
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 22 novembre 2015 18:10:50
Here’s the entire script. It still gets ‘Searching “This Mac”. (* test, with Finder item selected and ready for editing name. *) tell application “Finder” activate set x to selection if length of x ≠ 0 then tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" set frontmost to true keystroke "f" using {option down} end tell else tell application "Mail" to activate delay 1 repeat 1 times tell application "System Events" keystroke "f" using {option down} end tell end repeat end if end tell
Would be a good idea to apply the change where it is useful! Try the script edited according to my original answer.
(* test, with Finder item selected and ready for editing name. *) tell application "Finder" activate set x to selection --as text end tell
if length of x ≠ 0 then tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" set frontmost to true keystroke "f" using {option down} # what is it supposed to achieve ? end tell else tell application "Mail" to activate --delay 1 --repeat 1 times tell application "System Events" to tell process "Mail" set frontmost to true keystroke "f" using {option down} # Insert ƒ in the window of the mail to edit end tell --end repeat end if
When nothing is selected from Finder's point of view, the script inserts ƒ in the mail which is to be edited. When something is selected from Finder's point of view, the keystroke is received by the Finder but I don't know what it does with it.
Yvan KOENIG running El Capitan 10.11.1 in French (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 22 novembre 2015 19:22:58
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