Applescript
Applescript is pretty terrible, but very useful for scripting mac apps. You could use javascript for this, as of 10.11, but there’s no documentation for using javascript to script OSX applications.
Opening Applications
This is simple, you send the activate
command to it.
E.G.
tell application "QuickTime"
activate
end tell
Concatenating strings
Use the &
operator to concatenate strings. Unlike +
as in almost all other languages.
"Something " & "something else"
-> "Something something else"
Resizing and Moving Windows
Change the bounds
property of the given window. Unlike with AppKit apps, this has the origin as the top-right.
e.g. to resize the top xcode window to 1920 x 1080 and place it in the top-right corner, use this script:
tell application "Xcode"
set bounds of front window to {0, 0, 1920, 1080}
end tell
Last updated: 2020-12-25 23:37:21 -0800