Click "View as Analog" menu item

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#1

How can I script clicking the “View as Analog” menu item?

#2

It’ll be tough to help without a clue about the application that supports that menu item.

#3

I found a .menu file, but I don’t know how to script it. There doesn’t seem to be any background app running that supports the clock though.

#4

Hi Jamie,

the easiest way is

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.MenuBarClock ClockDigital Yes" -- Yes: digital, No: analog
do shell script "killall SystemUIServer"
#5

Thanks, that does what I want it to. Is there any other way to do it, without restarting the menu bar?

#6

Try this:

activate application "SystemUIServer"

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "SystemUIServer"
		set v to value of attribute "AXDescription" of menu bar items of menu bar 1
		repeat with i from (count v) to 1 by -1
			if item i of v is "clock menu extra" then exit repeat
		end repeat
		tell menu bar item i of menu bar 1
			click
			delay 0.1
			click menu item "View as Analog" of menu 1
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

I tried it with

tell 1st menu bar item of menu bar 1 whose value of attribute "AXDescription" is "clock menu extra"

but it returned a wrong menu bar item, I don’t know why

#7

Thanks, that is perfect!