Re: WindowID to front
Re: WindowID to front
- Subject: Re: WindowID to front
- From: Benedikt Iltisberger <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:51:57 +0100
Hi Peter,
exactly what I thought. But how do I obtain the AXUIElementRef of a window which I looked up from the Window-Server (with CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo)?
In other words: (Example) I have 4 Finder windows and I want to AXRaise a certain one.
Therefore I create a list with CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo and select the right one.
But how can I come from this step to the equivalent AXUIElementRef, which I need to have in order to set the AXRaise?
Sorry for bothering you like that but I guess this is also an interesting issue for other users.
Cheers,
Benedikt
On 28.02.2011, at 11:19, Peter Lübke wrote:
> There's no problem accessing a window by its (application specific!) ID by AppleEvents / AppleScript.
> (Must have been decades since you last opened Script Editor, Uli :-) ).
> Of course this depends on the application supporting AppleEvents...
>
> Just run this script in Script Editor:
>
> tell application "<otherApplication>"
> properties of every window
> end tell
>
> Look at the result to see whether there´s an ID property.
>
> Since I guess Benedict is working in the sphere of Accessibility anyway, it might indeed be more appropriate to just call AXRaise on the AXWindow element.
> The reason I proposed AppleEvents was because he was asking for adressing the window by its ID.
>
>
> Am 28.02.2011 um 10:33 schrieb Uli Kusterer:
>
>
>> On 27.02.2011, at 13:55, Benedikt Iltisberger wrote:
>>
>>> But how can I now set the selected window ID to front?
>>>
>>> (Note: It is a window of a foreign application which I want to set to front. My own app wouldn't be a problem.)
>>>
>>
>> Not sure you can use that information for anything (I don't think AppleScript deals in Window IDs, but that may have changed since I last had to put up with it). You may have more luck using the accessibility APIs to both list the windows and then bringing one to front.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -- Uli Kusterer
_______________________________________________
Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden