Correctly Identifying GUI Elements

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I'm afraid I don't have Mojave (I'm bricking it about Catalina).

Below is the latest version of the macro that I use on High Sierra. I reviewed the code today and one thing I did notice is that the previous version didn't import the AppKit framework, which it now does. This might resolve the hang, and I would advise anyone who uses this macro to update it to use the corrected AppleScript.

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AppleScript: Latest version on GitHub

System info: AppleScript version: 2.7 System version: 10.13.6

The handler that retrieves the mouse position is below. To do a quick operational check without having to download a full macro or visit GitHub for the script, then here it is:

on mouseLocation() 
on mouseLocation()
	script
		use framework "Foundation"
		use framework "AppKit"
		
		property this : a reference to current application
		property parent : this
		
		property NSEvent : a reference to NSEvent of this
		property NSScreen : a reference to NSScreen of this
		
		on mouseLocation()
			set [list, [number, height]] to ¬
				NSScreen's ¬
				mainScreen()'s ¬
				frame()
			
			tell NSEvent's mouseLocation() to ¬
				{its x, height - (its y)}
		end mouseLocation
	end script
	
	result's mouseLocation()
end mouseLocation
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