Hey Peter, I did it exactly like you proposed. Works perfect :-) I am using following calls to make a selected window front most: AXUIElementPerformAction(windowElement, kAXRaiseAction); AXUIElementPerformAction(windowElement, kAXIncrementAction);
I simply used the fact that CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo and kAXWindowsAttribute arrange their arrays in the same order. I did some testing and its working fine :-) Thank you very much and I hope you are going to have a decent bavarian Weissbier tonight. I am going to have one for sure :-) Kind regards, Benedikt On 28.02.2011, at 13:34, Peter Lübke wrote: > Uli, > I apologize for my silly comment. > > Of course you are absolutely right. > I totally overlooked you were refering to a User Session window ID, which is > totally different from an application specific window ID. > > Cheers, > Peter > > Am 28.02.2011 um 11:19 schrieb Peter Lübke: > >> 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/bene%40planetiltis.de > > This email sent to b...@planetiltis.de _______________________________________________ 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
