![]() Fixed crash with URS plug-ins when writing automation.Fixed problem with plugins which have several version available simultaneously.So, yes - UI-Scripting is very intimidating to begin with - but with some mentoring you should be able to use it without spending hours in the gym. If you run this from the Script Editor.app (Applescript Editor in Mavericks and lower) with the KM forum editor open with some text in it, that text will be returned.Īs you can see it’s a fairly convoluted script, but UI Browser allowed me to figure it out in just a few minutes. Set discourseEditorTextFromSafari to discourseEditorTextFromSafari as text Set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ![]() ![]() Set discourseEditorTextFromSafari to value of every static text Tell group 1 of text area 1 of group 136 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of front window It’s generally slower than KM, but it has the advantage of seeing things KM doesn’t.Īn example: tell application "System Events" UI-Scripting is done with AppleScript via System Events and drives the OSX User-Interface much like Keyboard Maestro does. I think you can build a much more solid workflow IF System Events can see the interface elements of Digital Performer - because you can check for state and perform actions based on that state. I think Keyboard Maestro might be able to see some of the available buttons. I think you can do a fair amount in a quick and dirty fashion using menus, and driving the keyboard and mouse. The windows you provided images of look like they might be amenable to UI-Scripting, but you won’t know until you start investigating. You can also install Xcode and use the Accessibility Inspector.app, although it is not nearly as helpful as UI Browser. When you do that where can you TAB to in these windows?Īfter that I’d download the UI Browser demo from (commercial utility).Īnd I’d start looking to find out what interface elements it can see. The keyboard shortcut for it is normally Control-F7. What happens if I turn ON ‘Change the way Tab moves focus’ in System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts Pane? Where does Tab take you in one of these windows?Ĭan I open the window, type TAB, TAB, and then enter the value I want? If KM can see the checkbox then you have something to work with. Try creating a ‘Press a Button’ action for “Harmonize” in the first window. Unfortunately there’s not a way to discover buttons, so you have to experiment. The first thing I’d do is find out what Keyboard Maestro can see. That’s about I all I can think of at the moment.īased on what you see, would I be better off manipulating the coordinates of a found image than building clicks? I usually get by with 0.05 seconds for small things, but you can play with the timing until it’s not overly long and still reliable. Your pauses are probably longer than necessary. When you have to try to make them as bombproof as possible by making sure the window is always the same size and configuration and anchoring them the best possible way - be that by screen coordinates, window coordinates, or the coordinates of a found-image. ![]() When possible let KM drive menu items or keyboard shortcuts to do what you need and navigate where you need to go.ĭon’t rely on clicks unless you have to. KM can find images on the screen, so you can use those as anchors. KM can see menus, buttons, windows, but some software is implemented such that KM cannot see certain elements. Therefore you’re left with things Keyboard Maestro can see. I don’t get any sense from a brief look on the Net that it is AppleScriptable. I took a look at it on Google Images, and the UI is quite complex. Without having my hands on the app it’s very difficult to know how to move and shake it. Perhaps you could give me a few pointers.
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