Can’t seem to get Chrome to open a URL without opening a new tab.
I installed an extension that works if opening a bookmark from within
the app but when I send the url via AppleScript it always
opens in a new tab.
tell application "Chrome"
open location "foobar.com"
end tell
Anyone know of a fix?
Many thanks,
Carl
Hey Carl,
This is happening, because you’re using open location. Open location is part of the internet suite of the StandardAdditions.osax and not part of Chrome’s AppleScript terminology.
It’s doing exactly what it’s meant to do.
To manage the active tab in Chrome you have to talk to it “ something like this:
set theURL to "https://www.google.com"
tell application "Google Chrome"
tell front window
set URL of active tab to theURL
end tell
end tell
–
Chris
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Nailed it. Thanks a bunch!
Carl