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Re: WindowID to front


  • Subject: Re: WindowID to front
  • From: Peter Lübke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:34:30 +0100

Uli,
I apologize for my silly comment.

Of course you are absolutely right.
I totally overlooked you were refering to a User Session window ID, which is totally different from an application specific window ID.


Cheers,
Peter

Am 28.02.2011 um 11:19 schrieb Peter Lübke:

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


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