PlayerChapter 5, Verbs
Player adds 10 basic new verbs to AppleScript, along with appropriate user interface objects. Player also supports variations of 3 standard verbs. This chapter describes every verb in some detail, with separate listings for each user interface object.The Player Suite
- click
- click a button, radio button, checkbox, dialog item or the mouse
- drag
- drag the mouse between a pair or through a sequence of locations
- move
- move the mouse to a specified location and leave it there
- type
- type text and/or special keys
- disable user input
- disable mouse and/or keyboard input ... does not work on iMac
- enable user input
- allow mouse and keyboard input
- get info
- get a complete set of properties for the specified object
- outline dialog
- outline properties of the items in the frontmost dialog
- outline menus
- outline menus in the frontmost application
- yield time
- pause a script
Extensions to the standard suites
- do menu
- choose from a pull-down or pop-up menu
- exists
- does the specified object exist?
- set
- set checkbox value, dialog folder, target window, forced yield and Player options
See Also
- For a discussion of Player's terminology and the "object model", see Appendix 1, Questions & Answers.
- For a complete list of verb parameters, see Appendix 2.
One Verb Per Page
Chapter 6. Other Terms