Check Pixel Condition Relative To Front Window

Questions & Suggestions
#1

In an If Then Else Action, Pixel Condition, I'd like it to check for pixels at X, Y coordinates relative to the front window's top left corner(and all other relative options). At this point it checks for Pixels based on the X, Y coordinates relative to the Main Window. I know it's possible to move and click a mouse relative to a front window, but that choice doesn't seem to be available for the Pixel Condition. This would be very useful in situations where I need to automate check boxes and menu selections on a window that may change in size, but the check box and pull down menus stay in a consistent position relative to the window.

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Hope this makes sense. Let me know if there's a better way to determine if a box is checked or not.

Thanks,
K

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#2

Use the WINDOW function, like WINDOW(1,Left)+50,WINDOW(1,Top)+100.

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#3

Hey Kevin,

Run this macro when that window is frontmost in your app. (It may take a little while to run, since there are many elements in the window.)

Front Window Analysis Tool for System Events

TextEdit will open with a bunch of fairly indecipherable text, but what we’re looking for is items that start with this text:

«class chbx»

If System Events can see them then there are probably ways to manipulate them directly.

-Chris

#4

Or use UI Browser: http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/, which has quickly become indispensable to me.

If you need help with it, just ask. This tool is awesome for finding things like this.

#5

Thanks Peter!

#6

This looks interesting. I’ll check it out.
Thanks!

#7

Thank you Chris. I’ll try this method as well.

Best,
K

#8

Once you get the info, you use it in AppleScript, something like this:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Keyboard Maestro" to get exists text field 1 of sheet 1 of window "Keyboard Maestro Editor"

For this particular script, I use it to wait for Keyboard Maestro’s “Save As” dialog to open.

#9

Dan, when you get a chance, could you please post the macro where you use this?
I don’t understand why a normal KM Pause Until Window Title = “Save As” wouldn’t work?

#10

Well, see, it’s like this here…

  1. I didn’t realize it had a title. I didn’t even know until a couple of days ago what you called those kinds of dialogs. “Sheets”, right? Since I didn’t see a title anywhere, it never dawned on me there was one.

  2. I have issues where an external drive will sometimes need to wake up, so timing can be an issue.

  3. Also, and probably the actual reason I chose this code, is that I use it elsewhere to make sure the “Go to folder” action is done going to the folder I told it to (don’t like depending on “Pause” an arbitrary amount of time), so I just grabbed that code and use it here.

Or something like that.