Trying to create endless loop macro (Repeat or For Each action?) to switch between custom categories in Gmail

[JMichaelTX]

@ronald

It has made me realize that it is necessary to use 2 browsers because I found multiple web pages for which it was impossible to identify the clickable link with Chrome but straightforward with Safari.

This really surprises me as I have generally found Chrome to be the better browser.
Would you mind giving us a couple of examples where you find you can ID the links in Safari but not Chrome? Please give us the page URL and the target link.

Thanks.

@gglick

This way, Cmd-Clicking on a link in one browser will open the link in the other

@gglick, I must be missing something.
How does CMD-Click trigger your macro?

[gglick]

@ronald

When I changed by default browser to safari, links in mail now open in the background, which did not happen when chrome was the default.

Ah, I see. I've long used Safari as my default, so I didn't know that behaves differently with Chrome as the default.

@ronald

I spent the last hour trying to understand why there is no 'Open With ...' in my mail context menu. I checked the services menu, forums on the Internet, etc

Well that's odd. So you don't see a menu like this when you right click on a link in Mail?

@JMichaelTX

How does CMD-Click trigger your macro?

The Cmd-Click trigger isn't in the macro itself (though of course, I believe you could make one with a third-party peripheral and the USB Device Key trigger) but in BetterTouchTool, as I wrote here:

@gglick

If you use an Apple input device, and have access to BetterTouchTool, then you can use a BetterTouchTool "normal mouse" trigger that runs a KM macro, like so:

[ronald]

I am being forced to use Safari more for certain professional web sites.

• is it OK to allow Javascript from Apple Events ? from Smart Search Field ?

• in Chrome, your XPath method words perfectly, but I see no equivalent in safari: no inspect in the context menu. If I show the web inspector or javascript console, page source or page resource, I can't see (as opposed to chrome) a highlighted section which I can right click on to find the XPath

thank you

[ronald]

@gglick

Well that's odd. So you don't see a menu like this when you right click on a link in Mail?

No, it's not there, neither is it in the Share or Services Menu. I tried in vain to google the problem

below is a ScreenCapture from a link in an email (not a browser)

[JMichaelTX]

@ronald

I am being forced to use Safari more for certain professional web sites.

OK, no problem. My only concern was that you reported that Chrome could not see links that Safari could.

@ronald

is it OK to allow Javascript from Apple Events ? from Smart Search Field ?

IMO, yes it is very safe as long as you only accept use of JavaScript in Browser from trusted sources. And actually, I have not seen any reported cases of abuse by JIB use.
I suppose you could further investigate by searching "Safari JavaScript issues", or similar.

@ronald

in Chrome, your XPath method words perfectly, but I see no equivalent in safari: no inspect in the context menu. If I show the web inspector or javascript console, page source or page resource, I can't see (as opposed to chrome) a highlighted section which I can right click on to find the XPath

This could be because you have not set the Preference to Show Developer menu:

I am seeing the Safari "Inspect" menu in
Safari 12.1.2 (14607.3.9) on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave)

[gglick]

@ronald

below is a ScreenCapture from a link in an email (not a browser)

Huh, definitely strange. Maybe it has something to do with your version of macOS? I'm on the latest official release, Catalina 10.15.2 myself. If it isn't that, the only other thing I can think of is that it might be a launch services database issue. Out of curiosity, what does your Open With context menu look like in the Finder?

@JMichaelTX

in Chrome, your XPath method words perfectly, but I see no equivalent in safari: no inspect in the context menu. If I show the web inspector or javascript console, page source or page resource, I can't see (as opposed to chrome) a highlighted section which I can right click on to find the XPath

This could be because you have not set the Preference to Show Developer menu:

I can confirm that this is the case. The Inspect Element option only shows in the Safari context menu if you have the Show Developer menu preference turned on.

[ronald]

yes, Finder has open with.

I am using Mojave

Safari: I have it figured out, thank you.