Re: How to position windows in iBooks
Re: How to position windows in iBooks
- Subject: Re: How to position windows in iBooks
- From: David Gregg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:54:32 -0600
> On Apr 30, 2016, at 11:51 AM, rpoland <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Thanks Gregg,
>
> Did you try either of these? I can't get either one to compile.
Yes I had both of them working. I am right now on Yosemite but will momentarily check it on my El Capitan machine.
>
>> On Apr 30, 2016, at 11:42:AM, David Gregg <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 30, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since Apple has chosen to not support Applescript in iBooks is there any way to set the position of the main window of iBooks?
>>
>> Using System Events to set the left top position of the window to 100, 100
>>
>> set newTopLeftPosition to {100, 100}
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> tell process "iBooks"
>> set position of window 1 to newTopLeftPosition
>> end tell
>> end tell
>>
>> You can also set it up to be centred on the screen, if you like, by using:
>>
>> tell application "Finder" to set {screenLeft, screenTop, screenWidth, ScreenHeight} to bounds of window of desktop
>> tell application "System Events"
>> tell process "iBooks"
>> set {windowWidth, windowHeight} to size of window 1
>> set position of window 1 to {(screenWidth - windowWidth) / 2 as integer, (ScreenHeight - windowHeight) / 2 as integer}
>> end tell
>> end tell
>>
>>
>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Robert Poland
>>> iMac, Late 2013, 14,2
>>> 3.2 GHz Intel Core I5, 27”
>>> 16 GB Ram, 1TB Fusion HD
>>> OS X 10.11.4
>
> Robert Poland
> Fort Collins, CO
>
_______________________________________________
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