devwiki:applescript

AppleScript tips

  • application automation
    tell application "Finder" to empty trash
  • computer operation
    property target_URL : "http://macscripter.net/"
    open location target_URL
  • system operation
    set volume 7
    beep 5
    say "Hello!"
    say "Hello!" using "Zarvox"
  • user interaction
    display dialog "How are you today?" 
    	buttons {"Lousy", "Good", "Great!"} 
    	default button "Great!" 
    	with icon 1 	[with icon note]
    	giving up after 5
    delay 60 -- //delay 60 seconds
    display dialog "Please enter a number:" 
    	default answer "5"
  • user input automation
    tell application "System Events"
      tell process (path to frontmost application as string)
        keystroke "myPassword" & return
      end tell
    end tell
  • script and shell automation
    do shell script "cd ~/Documents; ls" 
  • path convertion
    -- unix path to applescript path
    set applePath to POSIX file "/myPath"
    set applePath to POSIX file mySel as Unicode text
     
    -- apple path to unix path
    set bashPath to POSIX path of applePath
  • pipe data from command by bracket
    display dialog (do shell script "echo $PATH")
  • text processing

system preference

  • change dock size
    set dockPrefs to (path to preferences folder from user domain as text) & "com.apple.dock.plist"
     
    -- get the current location of the dock and use that to toggle your settings
    tell application "System Events"
    tell property list file dockPrefs to set theLocation to value of property list item "orientation"
     
    -- set the dock size: a value between 0 and 1
    tell dock preferences
    if theLocation is "bottom" then
    set dock size to 0.1
    else
    set dock size to 0.9
    end if
    end tell
     
    -- set the position: left, right, or bottom
    tell property list file dockPrefs
    if theLocation is "bottom" then
    set value of property list item "orientation" to "left"
    else
    set value of property list item "orientation" to "bottom"
    end if
    end tell
    end tell
     
    -- quit and relaunch the dock with the new settings
    tell application "Dock" to quit 
  • toggle keyboard function key
    tell application "System Preferences"
    	activate
    	set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
    end tell
     
    tell application "System Events"
    	-- If we don't have UI Elements enabled, then nothing is really going to work.
    	if UI elements enabled then
    		tell application process "System Preferences"
    			get properties
     
    			click radio button "Keyboard" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard & Mouse"
    			click checkbox "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard & Mouse"
    		end tell
    		tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    	else
    		-- GUI scripting not enabled.  Display an alert
    		tell application "System Preferences"
    			activate
    			set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
    			display dialog "UI element scripting is not enabled. Please activate \"Enable access for assistive devices\""
    		end tell
    	end if
    end tell

Keycode of AppleScript

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F1 122 ` 50 , 13 o 1 q 7
F2 120 1 18 . 14 e 2 j 8
F3 99 2 19 p 15 u 3 k 9
F4 118 3 20 y 17 i 5 x 11
F5 96 4 21 f 16 d 4 b 45
F6 97 5 23 g 32 h 38 m 46
F7 98 6 22 c 34 t 40 w 43
F8 100 7 26 r 31 n 37 v 47
F9 101 8 28 l 35 s 41 z 44
F10 109 9 25 / 33 - 39 left 123
F11 103 0 29 = 30 return 36 up 126
F12 ? [ 27 \ 42 space 49 down 125
delete 51 ] 24 enter 52 right 124

AppleScript ready-to-use library

  • devwiki/applescript.txt
  • Last modified: 2021/08/28 07:48
  • by ying