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-- `menu_click`, by Jacob Rus, September 2006 | |
-- | |
-- Accepts a list of form: `{"Finder", "View", "Arrange By", "Date"}` | |
-- Execute the specified menu item. In this case, assuming the Finder | |
-- is the active application, arranging the frontmost folder by date. | |
on menu_click(mList) | |
local appName, topMenu, r | |
-- Validate our input | |
if mList's length < 3 then error "Menu list is not long enough" | |
-- Set these variables for clarity and brevity later on | |
set {appName, topMenu} to (items 1 through 2 of mList) | |
set r to (items 3 through (mList's length) of mList) | |
-- This overly-long line calls the menu_recurse function with | |
-- two arguments: r, and a reference to the top-level menu | |
tell application "System Events" to my menu_click_recurse(r, ((process appName)'s ¬ | |
(menu bar 1)'s (menu bar item topMenu)'s (menu topMenu))) | |
end menu_click | |
on menu_click_recurse(mList, parentObject) | |
local f, r | |
-- `f` = first item, `r` = rest of items | |
set f to item 1 of mList | |
if mList's length > 1 then set r to (items 2 through (mList's length) of mList) | |
-- either actually click the menu item, or recurse again | |
tell application "System Events" | |
if mList's length is 1 then | |
click parentObject's menu item f | |
else | |
my menu_click_recurse(r, (parentObject's (menu item f)'s (menu f))) | |
end if | |
end tell | |
end menu_click_recurse | |
menu_click({"Safari", "Develop", "iPhone Simulator", "index.html"}) | |
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For future reference, the "¬" will be not be converted correctly when clicking on "Raw".
Also, with the current version of Safari, the last line of code should be: