Hi Peter, exactly what I thought. But how do I obtain the AXUIElementRef of a window which I looked up from the Window-Server (with CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo)?
In other words: (Example) I have 4 Finder windows and I want to AXRaise a certain one. Therefore I create a list with CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo and select the right one. But how can I come from this step to the equivalent AXUIElementRef, which I need to have in order to set the AXRaise? Sorry for bothering you like that but I guess this is also an interesting issue for other users. Cheers, Benedikt On 28.02.2011, at 11:19, Peter Lübke wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
