Assign an Application to all desktops in Applescript
Published - 2013-08-27 | 1min
Back to basics, applescript
It’s been a while since I wrote applescript.
Although the capabilities are truly amazing, I never really connected to the tell syntax, a bit to verbose for me.
Anyhow, I’m using slate for automagically position apps when I change monitors (amongs other things), and I needed a way to pin certain applications to all desktops when using multiple monitors, or to a specific desktop when using just one monitor.
You can run this script from the shell (if you chmod it):
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assignTo this|all Chrome Adium "App with spaces"
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#!/usr/bin/osascript
script assignTo
on toAllDesktops(appsList)
forAllChats("All Desktops", appsList)
end toAllDesktops
on toThisDesktop(appsList)
forAllChats("This Desktop", appsList)
end toThisDesktop
on forAllChats(toSet, appsList)
repeat with appName in appsList
tell application "System Events" to tell UI element appName of list 1 of process "Dock"
perform action "AXShowMenu"
click menu item "Options" of menu 1
click menu item toSet of menu 1 of menu item "Options" of menu 1
end tell
end repeat
end forAllChats
end script
on run argv
tell application "Finder"
set scriptName to name of file (path to me) as text
end tell
set usage to scriptName & "
Usage: all|this Application1 ApplicationN"
if (count of argv) is 0 then
return usage
end if
set what to item 1 of argv
set apps to rest of items of argv
if (count of apps) is 0 then
return usage & "
At least one application is required!"
end if
tell assignTo
if what is "all" then
toAllDesktops(apps)
else if what is "this" then
toThisDesktop(apps)
else
return usage
end if
end tell
end run
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Enjoy