Re: Automator services - Not available in right click services list
Re: Automator services - Not available in right click services list
- Subject: Re: Automator services - Not available in right click services list
- From: Lars Blumberg <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:20:04 +0200
Hi René,
>> I have a service that needs the url I have selected in a safari webpage.
>>
>> I want that when I click on a link in Safari, the link should get loaded and the textual result opened in another app.
>> In this sample case a text editor.
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>> When I create a service and choose "Service receive selected URL's from any appplication" it doesn't show up in the services menu. When I choose "Service receive selected text from any application" it does.
>>
>> Whats happening here?
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>> Any thoughts, samples or pointers?
I just created a service that receives "URL" from "Safari" and added a JavaScript action that contains
on run {input, parameters}
display dialog (input as text)
return input
end run
I then saved the service and restarted Safari. Whenever I select an URL (in the address bar or any text within a Safari page that is recognized as an URL) and run the service (either from the Service menu or from the contextual menu) the URL is shown within a dialog box. So no problems as far as I can see (I use the latest Mac OS and Safari version).
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>> Also sometimes there are services only available when using the 'app menu>services' from the menu bar, but not when right click in the app itself, why and how can I change that? If I need no input I still want to see it in the contextual menu.
That's by design. You only see services whose input type match the selected objects (so file services only work when there are files selected, text services only when there's text selected and so on...).
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