Safari: "Clear Recent Searches" in Google menubar

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#1

Anyone know how to script System Events to “Clear Recent Searches” in Safari’s Google menubar menu? Thanks.

#2

Jacques, your script breaks for me if the location/search field is not fourth in the toolbar (the default arrangement). I also have AcidSearch installed, which places a menu item right at the bottom of the list, again (unfortunately) breaking it.
Here is a script that works for me (and doesn’t rely on using GUI scripting): [tested on Safari 2.0.4]

activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
	-- Focus on search field
	keystroke "f" using {command down, option down}
	-- Press down key to show search menu
	key code 125
	-- Highlight and activate clear menu item
	keystroke "Clear Recent Searches" & return
end tell

Oh, and can I just ask, what is ASCII character 4?

#3

Thanks for the replies. Since I have Safari set to the default arrangement, Jacques script works for me. Qwerty Denzel’s script breaks for me – it searches for “Clear Recent Searches” instead of deleting the recent searches.

#4

The first 127 ASCII characters (7 bits worth) were originally developed for Teletype machines with the eighth bit a parity bit. Character #4 was then EOT – End of Transmission - Control-D on a Teletype (and on my keyboard - dual-core G5). Don’t know what it means in Jacques’ solution.

See: http://www.bbdsoft.com/ascii.html

#5

Using the default layout with Safari v3.1.2, the following script no longer works:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
	set frontmost to true
	tell front window to tell text field 2 of splitter group 1 of group 4 of tool bar 1
		click button "search"
		keystroke (ASCII character 4)
		delay 0.5
		keystroke (ASCII character 13)
	end tell
end tell

Anyone know the correct GUI scripting?

#6

Try this,

tell application "System Events"
	set btn to item 1 of UI elements of last item of UI elements of tool bar 1 of window 1 of application process "Safari"
	click button 1 of text field 2 of item 1 of btn
	click menu item "Clear Recent Searches" of menu 1 of button 1 of text field 2 of item 1 of btn
end tell
#7

Thanks Mark!