Applescript is not allowing to send keystrokes
is my error
my script is
set texttowrite to "[ep] t [ef] t [ed] t [ed] [ts] [ed] t [ed]"
tell application "Roblox" to activate
tell application "System Events"
repeat with i from 1 to count characters of texttowrite
keystroke (character i of texttowrite)
delay 0.08
end repeat
end tell
keystroke (character i of texttowrite) part is not working
Go System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> Accessibility.
Find application "Roblox" in the list of applications enabled to control your computer.
Set its checkbox.
Now, you can send keystrokes to Roblox.app any time.
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I am trying to write a script which can enter details in the system dialog. But i am not able to access it. Is there a way to access this? I tried getting the list of all the system dialogs and alerts but still I am not able to catch this.
tell application "System Events" to ¬
get name of every application process ¬
whose role description of window 1 is "system dialog"
system dialog
tell application "SecurityAgent"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "SecurityAgent"
set value of text field 1 of window 1 to "Username"
set value of text field 2 of window 1 to "Password"
click button "Allow" of window 1
end tell
end tell
I am not sure following is what you asked for, but try yourself:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "SecurityAgent"
return name of every window
end tell
My end goal is to click the "Enable Switch Control" checkbox, which can be found under Accessibility-> Switch Control in System Preferences. I have had some trouble getting the applescript to work and would like to find out what is causing the issue.
My current code:
if running of application "System Preferences" then
quit application "System Preferences"
delay 1
end if
tell application "System Preferences"
reveal anchor "Switch" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
activate
end tell
I got the anchor Switch by using:
tell application "System Preferences"
get anchors of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
end tell
which returned all of the available anchors. Here is a snippet:
...anchor TextToSpeech of pane id com.apple.preference.universalaccess, anchor Dwell of pane id com.apple.preference.universalaccess, anchor Dictation of pane id com.apple.preference.universalaccess, anchor Switch of pane id com.apple.preference.universalaccess, anchor Siri of pane id com.apple.preference.universalaccess...
I tried testing the applescript with other anchors (Dictation, Siri, etc) and they all worked (directed me to the intended area), but Switch doesn't. I even tried replacing "Switch" with its numerical value, reveal anchor 11 of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess", but that also fails. Why is that? Also, how would I modify the applescript to get the intended result?
There appears to be a bug in that System Preferences will not properly reveal anchor "Switch" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess" and as such, here is a workaround.
Note that the coding in the example AppleScript code assumes that Switch Control has once previously been turned on manually so as to answer the initial System Preferences is trying to unlock Accessibility preferences dialog box where you have entered your User Name and Password then clicked the Unlock button.
The example AppleScript code, shown below, was tested in Script Editor under macOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur with Language & Region settings in System Preferences set to English (US) — Primary and worked for me without issue to click the Enable Switch Control checkbox.1
1 Assumes necessary and appropriate settings in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy have been set/addressed as needed.
and works for me to click the Enable Switch Control checkbox:
-- # Check to see if System Preferences is
-- # running and if yes, then close it.
-- #
-- # This is done so the script will not fail
-- # if it is running and a modal sheet is
-- # showing, hence the use of 'killall'
-- # as 'quit' fails when done so, if it is.
-- #
-- # This is also done to allow default behaviors
-- # to be predictable from a clean occurrence.
if running of application "System Preferences" then
try
tell application "System Preferences" to quit
on error
do shell script "killall 'System Preferences'"
end try
delay 0.1
end if
-- # Make sure System Preferences is not running before
-- # opening it again. Otherwise there can be an issue
-- # when trying to reopen it while it's actually closing.
repeat while running of application "System Preferences" is true
delay 0.1
end repeat
-- # Open System Preferences to the Accessibility pane.
tell application "System Preferences" to ¬
reveal pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
-- # Use System Events to achieve the goal.
tell application "System Events"
tell window 1 of application process "System Preferences"
-- # Wait for target pane to be available.
-- # The target in this case has a checkbox.
my waitForUIelement(checkbox 1)
-- # Ascertain the target row to select.
set rowSwitchControl to the first row of ¬
table 1 of scroll area 1 whose value of ¬
static text 1 of UI element 1 is ¬
"Switch Control"
-- # Select the target row.
select rowSwitchControl
-- # Wait for target checkbox to be available.
my waitForUIelement(checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of group 1)
-- # Click the Enable Switch Control checkbox.
click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of group 1
end tell
end tell
delay 0.02
quit application "System Preferences"
-- ## Handler(s) ##
on waitForUIelement(uiElement)
tell application "System Events"
tell window 1 of application process ¬
"System Preferences"
set i to 0
repeat until exists uiElement
delay 0.1
set i to i + 1
if i ≥ 30 then return
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end waitForUIelement
Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and sans any included error handling does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors. Additionally, the use of the delay command may be necessary between events where appropriate, e.g. delay 0.5, with the value of the delay set appropriately.
Running: OSX 10.11.3
So I have the script below. It is a naive hack to build an html link string based on the selected text and current url of a Firefox window. It's fragile but works ok.
However if I have Tor Browser running in addition to Firefox and open the script in Script Editor, I see that the code has been changed to reference Tor Browser:
tell application "TorBrowser" to activate
Yikes! I know Tor Browser is based on Firefox – but it seems to have its own process ID (confirmed in Activity Monitor). Even if it didn't why and how is the code being changed? I've tested this numerous times:
Without Tor Browser running: code doesn't change
Based on its "modified date" it is not being changed after I close it in Script Editor. (i.e. save it at 11:10, leave the window open until 11:12)
Duplicate script. Launch one copy with Tor Browser running: script is changed. Quit Tor Browser and launch second copy: script is not changed. There is no prompt to save the changed file when closing it.
Does anyone know what is going on? This seems very bizarre. Is there a workaround?
tell application "Firefox" to activate
delay 0.3
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Firefox"
keystroke "c" using command down
delay 0.1
end tell
set theHeadline to the clipboard
delay 1
tell process "Firefox"
keystroke "l" using command down
delay 0.1
keystroke "c" using command down
delay 0.1
set theUrl to the clipboard
end tell
set tagStart to "<a href ="
set tagMiddle to "><b><u>"
set tagEnd to "</u></b></a>"
set tag to tagStart & "\"" & theUrl & "\"" & tagMiddle & theHeadline & tagEnd
set the clipboard to tag
end tell
From the info.plist files, the CFBundleExecutable of these applications is "firefox", and the CFBundleSignature is "MOZB", maybe this causes this issue.
To avoid this, use the bundle identifier of the application in your script:
tell application id "org.mozilla.firefox" to activate
-- the bundle identifier of the "Tor Browser" application is "org.mozilla.tor browser"
Since the name of the processes is the same, use this:
tell application "System Events"
tell (first process whose its bundle identifier is "org.mozilla.firefox")
keystroke "c" using command down
delay 0.1
end tell
end tell
First I would recommend a couple of simple changes to your script. When you're working with system events, there is no need to use tell process within the system events block.
tell application "Firefox" to activate
delay 0.3
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "c" using command down
delay .1
set theHeadline to the clipboard
keystroke "l" using command down
delay 0.1
keystroke "c" using command down
delay 0.1
set theUrl to the clipboard
end tell
set tagStart to "<a href ="
set tagMiddle to "><b><u>"
set tagEnd to "</u></b></a>"
set tag to tagStart & "\"" & theUrl & "\"" & tagMiddle & theHeadline & tagEnd
set the clipboard to tag
end tell
Back to your original question, your compiler (Script Editor) is trying to correct your mistake. It assumes that your are meaning Tor since it sees that running. You and I know you really mean FireFox, but it assumes you've made a mistake. The good news is once you compile it and save it as an app, this shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure when you compile and save that you don't have Tor running and I believe you should be fine.
Btw... You'll see similar behavior if you were to change FireFox to to FoxFire or something else. It will usually prompt you to select the application, then you'd have to navigate to FireFox.
please forgive formatting, writing this on my phone
Lately I have discovered Automator (yes, finally she did that) and I wanted to make an event which runs at a regular interval using Calendar. I wanted to save a particular web page to Evernote using the Web Clipper extension in Safari.
I set up my Web Clipper to start on $, F = Full page, enter = Save.
I have come so far as to actually have an event which works by:
Creating a new document in Automator of the type Calendar
Adding "Get Specified URLs" with the URL I want
Adding "Display Webpages"
Adding "Run AppleScript" with the following code - I'm a total noob at AppleScript so you might say I could have done it in a better way ... then do tell ;) ...:
tell application "Safari" to activate
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "$" -- key code 10 = Activate Web Clipper (custom shortcut)
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "f" -- key code 3 = Full page saved by Web Clipper
end tell
tell application "System Events"
key code 36 -- works to save page, however, 'keystroke enter' does not
end tell
5.Saving the document in a Calendar event and set it up to repeat.
I found some help here with a list of key code values, however, I couldn't find "enter" in the list. I used a little free app called Key Codes instead to figure out that enter has the key code 36.
I would rather be able to use keystroke, since it is easier to read than some number. Can anyone help?
i'm not sure this will do exactly what you want but maybe just keystroke return ?
tell application "Safari" to activate
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "$" -- key code 10 = Activate Web Clipper (custom shortcut)
delay 1
keystroke "f" -- key code 3 = Full page saved by Web Clipper
keystroke return
end tell
I wanted to automate the process of changing my ip address using apple-script. So i wrote a script that will automatically do that, But i have problems in setting up the ip address.
set ipAddress to "192.168.110.48"
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.network"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
click checkbox "Click the lock to make changes." of window "Network"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "p"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "a"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "s"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "s"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "w"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "o"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return
click button 11 of window "Network"
tell window "Network"
tell sheet 1
tell tab group 1
click radio button "TCP/IP"
set contents of text field 2 to ipAddress
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
Everything executes fine except for this statement
"set contents of text field 2 to
ipAddress"
I am getting the following error:
error "System Events got an error:
Can’t set contents of text field 2 of
tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window
\"Network\" of process \"System
Preferences\" to \"192.168.110.48\"."
number -10006 from contents of text
field 2 of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of
window "Network" of process "System
Preferences"
I checked the UI elements using UIBrowser so i am sure that i am using the correct elements.
What is causing the problem? and Also can u tell a better way to write the same thing?
An alternative solution for changing IPs would be to use the network locations feature of the Network pane and use predefined locations.
If you click on the Network pane in Systems Preferences at the top you will see a pull down menu titled Location. Click that and choose Edit Locations...
Then you can create a new location and configure an interface whether it be ethernet, airport, firewire, 3G card, etc. You can have multiple locations for the same interface. So, you could have an ethernet location with an IP of 192.168.2.2 and then you could have another set to 192.168.2.3 and so on...
Once you have all of the new locations created and labeled then you can use AppleScript to toggle between them.
To get your current network location in AppleScript use the following code:
set currentLocation to do shell script "networksetup -getcurrentlocation"
To select a new location use the following AppleScript code:
set newLocationName to "whatever location you want to choose"
do shell script "scselect " & newLocationName with administrator privileges
Using the above method you can create numerous predefined network locations and toggle between them easily with your AppleScript. In addition, you could create a random function that will randomly select from an AppleScript list which is populated with all of your locations.
Use the networksetup shell script to manually setup your IP:
do shell script "networksetup -setmanual Ethernet 192.168.110.48
255.55.255.0 192.168.110.1 password YOURPASSWORD with administrator privileges"
To go back to DHCP:
do shell script "networksetup -setdhcp Ethernet YOURPASSWORD
with administrator privileges"
Of course you can manipulate the string to use variables and change "Ethernet" to any interface (like Wi-Fi).
This is a keyword error.
set contents of text field 2 to ipAddress is not a proper command
the right command is
set value of text field 2 to ipAddress
Enjoy yourself!