Rearranging Safari windows

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

I’m trying to bring a specific window to the front in Safari but it’s not quite working. Here’s a small script that shows the problem.


tell application "Safari"
	activate
	set g_windows to name of every document
	set thisOne to (choose from list g_windows)
	if (thisOne is not false) then set index of window (first item of thisOne) to 1
end tell

While this does bring the window to the front it’s not active. The only thing I’ve found to make it active is to set the visibility of window 2 to false. The unfortunate side-effect of this is that the window name then disappears from the Safari Window menu.

Any ideas?

Jim
Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3)
Mac OS X 10.4.7 (Build 8j135)

#2

Hi Jim,

Does this have the effect you want?

tell application "Safari"
	activate
	set g_windows to name of every document
	set thisOne to (choose from list g_windows)
	if (thisOne is not false) then set index of window (first item of thisOne) to 1
	set miniaturized of window 2 to true
end tell

Best wishes

John M

#3

Hi.

What works here is to set the visible of the chosen window to false and then to reinstate it.

tell application "Safari"
	activate
	set g_windows to name of every document
	set thisOne to (choose from list g_windows)
	if (thisOne is not false) then
		set thisOne to item 1 of thisOne
		set visible of window thisOne to false
		set visible of window thisOne to true
	end if
end tell
#4

Thanks John and Nigel. Both your solutions work.

Is there some reason (like a bug) that’s keeping Safari from responding like other apps? :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Jim