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Re: NSScreen's screens() changed in Mojave
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Re: NSScreen's screens() changed in Mojave


  • Subject: Re: NSScreen's screens() changed in Mojave
  • From: Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 15:27:28 -0700

Thanks, Shane-- An Excellent explanation.

It's working and now I even understand why.

--Gil

> On May 6, 2020, at 7:44 PM, Shane Stanley via AppleScript-Users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 7 May 2020, at 12:07 pm, Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Result:
>> error "Can’t get |size| of {«class form»:«constant ****usrp», «class
>> want»:property, «class seld»:\"frame\", «class from»:item 1 of «class ocid»
>> id «data optr00000000005B770300600000» of «script»}." number -1728 from
>> |size| of {«class form»:«constant ****usrp», «class want»:property, «class
>> seld»:"frame", «class from»:item 1 of «class ocid» id «data
>> optr00000000005B770300600000»}
>>
>> Evidently something changed in Mojave.  Any idea what needs to change?
>
> This is something that changed in High Sierra -- see:
> <https://latenightsw.com/high-sierra-applescriptobjc-bugs/> for details and
> workarounds.
>
> The short version is that NSRects get returned as a list of lists, rather
> than as a record.
>
> So the simplest for your code would be something like:
>
> repeat with aScreen in theScreens
>       set theFrame to aScreen's frame()
>       set thisScreensSize to ¬
>               (current application's NSWidth(theFrame)) * ¬
>               (current application's NSHeight(theFrame))
>
>
> --
> Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
> <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>, <latenightsw.com>
>
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 >NSScreen's screens() changed in Mojave (From: Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>)
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