apple click

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#1

Hi

I cant get this to work. I want to be able to apple click (hold apple key, left click)

Thanks

#2

If you’re not able to do it with UI scripting (via System Events), clicks and mouse movements are not possible with plain vanilla AppleScript.
You need a scripting addition like Extra Suites (which is actually no scripting addition).

#3

I have extra suits, I just don’t know what the actual code is

#4

I’m sorry, I don’t use Extra Suites.

It’s an application, so it has its own dictionary

#5

There is a folder that comes with Extra Suites called “Extras” and it contains
many examples.

Here are some handlers I use often.

Cheers!

Craig


on mouseClick(move_to_and_click, the_delay)
	tell application "Extra Suites"
		ES move mouse move_to_and_click
		ES click mouse
		delay the_delay
	end tell
end mouseClick


on getMouseLocation()
	tell application "Extra Suites"
		set mouseLoc to (ES mouse location)
	end tell
	return mouseLoc
end getMouseLocation

on mouseDoubleClick(move_to_and_click, the_delay)
	tell application "Extra Suites"
		ES move mouse move_to_and_click
		ES click mouse with double click
		delay the_delay
	end tell
end mouseDoubleClick

on getMouseLocationClibboard()
	tell application "Extra Suites"
		set mouseLoc to (ES mouse location)
	end tell
	set itemOne to item 1 of mouseLoc
	set itemTwo to item 2 of mouseLoc
	set mouseLocation to "{" & (item 1 of myLoc) & ", " & (item 2 of myLoc) & "}" & ", " as string
	set the clipboard to mouseLocation
end getMouseLocationClibboard
#6

Those are very useful thank you. I’m not sure if I’m missing it but I still don’t understand how to hold down command and click. All I can find in extra suites is how to hold command and press a key, but nothing for clicking. :confused:

#7

Read the dictionary

ES click mousei[/i]press the mouse (from the Input Commands suite)

command syntax
ES click mouse double click boolean ¬
command boolean ¬
option boolean ¬
shift boolean ¬
control boolean

that means:

ES click mouse command true

which will be probably compiled as

ES click mouse with command
#8

It doesn’t seem to hold down that the command key long enough to actually command click. Here is what I got


repeat
   tell application "System Events"
       
       tell application "World of Warcraft" to activate
       
       tell application "Extra Suites"
           
           ES move mouse {519, 557} with relative
           ES click mouse with command
           
       end tell
   end tell
   
   
   
   
   delay (random number from 3 to 4)
   
end repeat

This is sort of what I am after, but it doesn’t work.


repeat
	tell application "System Events"
		
		tell application "World of Warcraft" to activate
		
		tell application "Extra Suites"
			
			ES move mouse {519, 557} with relative
			key down command
			ES click mouse
			key up command
			
		end tell
	end tell
	
	
	
	
	delay (random number from 3 to 4)
	
end repeat
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