AppleScript to open a TextEdit Window

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AppleScript to open a TextEdit Window

Like a zillion other users, I would like TextEdit to remember its window position (but I know that's never going to happen because I've already waited 12 years for it). So I'd like to use an AppleScript for this but I must be doing something wrong. The following script should open a new TextEdit window in the upper left corner that is 600 pixels wide and 400 pixels tall. I'm sure I messed something up.

tell application "TextEdit"

launch

make new document

tell front window to set its bounds to {0, 0, 600, 400}

end tell

MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 6, 2019 1:23 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Mar 6, 2019 2:05 PM in response to Larry McJunkin

Hosting software did not post my previous answer, so redundantly, here it is again.

tell application "TextEdit"
	launch
	set aDoc to (make new document with properties {name:"footext.txt"})
	set bounds of front window to {0, 0, 600, 400}
end tell

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Answer 2

Mar 6, 2019 6:51 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks, VikingOSX! Made a few adjustments in the window size and position and it works perfectly. Still amazes me that TextEdit won't remember window size/position. Thanks again!

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Answer 3

Mar 6, 2019 6:56 PM in response to Larry McJunkin

This ends up saving to the /data folder. Is there any code that would make it always default save to the desktop? Or /Documents? or iCloud /TextEdit?

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AppleScript to open a TextEdit Window

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