AppleScripts to choose input method directly

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AppleScripts to choose input method directly

According LJ user vinum advise I made AppleScripts in Automator, like this:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"

tell (1st menu bar item of menu bar 1 whose description is "text input") to {click, click (menu 1's menu item "Pinyin - Simplified")} --Pinyin - Simplified

end tell

return input

end run

and 2 more for Russian and English

After in System Preferences > Keyboard > Services i make Shortcuts for each input method, but its not work.

Help!!

OS X 10.9.1

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 9, 2014 1:02 AM

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Answer 1

Hiroto

Level 5

7,461 points

Jan 10, 2014 2:08 AM in response to Andrew Mee

Hello

Couple of questions and comments.

1) Do your scripts work as expected in AppleScript Editor?

2) Do your services work as expected when run in Automator.app?

3) Do you see any error messages in Console.app when you invoke the services to fail?

4) I often see that sort of peculiar AppleScript coding which indeed gains nothing but obfuscation. I'd recommend you rewrite it as something clearer in code structure such as:

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SystemUIServer"
        tell (menu bar 1's menu bar item 1 whose description is "text input")
            click
            tell menu 1's menu item "Pinyin - Simplified" --Pinyin - Simplified
                click
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

5) There's new limitations on GUI scripting introduced under 10.9 as explained in the following document. I don't know whether this is relevant to your issue, though.

cf.

OS X: Using AppleScript with Accessibility and Security features in Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5914

Regards,

H

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