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I've created an application with AppleScript in Automator.
I've created a Service in Automator which launches the aforementioned app.
The Service is triggered by a keyboard shortcut.
The problem is that upon launch, the application's dialog box has a light gray top bar. I have to click anywhere on the dialog for the dialog to turn to the darker gray, which shows that the app is now selected.
Is it possible for my application to do this automatically?
Aha. Looks like Homebrew wants to run meld via it's own Python, rather than the system one. Terminal sets this up correctly, but obviously Automator doesn't.
Solution: use Run Shell Script in Automator with:
/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/meld
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to the "Bring All to Front" menu item from System Preferences:
The activate AppleScript command also raises all windows:
activate application (path to frontmost application as text)
If you are assigning keyboard shortcuts to opening applications, you can use scripts like this:
tell application "TextEdit"
reopen
activate
end tell
reopen opens a new default window if there are no open "default" windows, like a text editor window in TextEdit. If all default windows are minimized, reopen unminimizes one of them.
It is also possible to use AppleScript to click the "Bring All to Front" menu item:
tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where frontmost is true)
click menu item "Bring All to Front" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Window" of menu bar 1
end tell
Best Answer
Have a look at the
activatecommand in the AppleScript Language Guide Commands Reference.I'd add
activate meafter the start of theon runhandler.