Scripting Safari?

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

Hello,

I’m trying to write a script that will launch Safari and then automatically enable Private Browsing. Could anyone possibly help me figure out whats wrong with this?

tell application "Safari"
tell menu bar 1
click menu item "Private Browsing" of menu "Safari"
end tell
end tell

Any suggestions that anyone may have would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jayson Kish
Simplicity In Poetic Design

#2

GUI scripting is handled by the application “System Events”, not the individual applications (if the applications supported scripting, you wouldn’t need GUI scripting in the first place!). Try this:

tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Safari" to click menu item "Private Browsing" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1
end tell

Make sure “Enable access for assistive devices” is checked in the Universal Acces pref pane of System Preferences.

Jon

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