Timeline for Trigger function key using AppleScript
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| S Dec 31, 2016 at 8:39 | history | edited | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:58 | comment | added | rikudesu | VLC pauses/resumes media playback on press of the play/pause function key though. Thanks for your help! | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:55 | comment | added | Tetsujin | The media keys are not context-sensitive. iTunes is controllable at very low level, as it's tightly integrated to the OS. VLC isn't, as it isn't. Doug Adams is the guy for controlling iTunes - dougscripts.com/itunes | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:49 | history | edited | rikudesu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:48 | comment | added | rikudesu | @Tetsujin "It's not just the volume key I want to trigger. I want to trigger the pause key in the OS determined context (could pause VLC, iTunes etc.)." | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:46 | comment | added | Tetsujin | yet the 'volume up' command is in no way context-sensitive. | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 18:22 | comment | added | rikudesu | @Tetsujin, seemingly so, but I want to execute the action assigned to this (extra) function key as this is context specific, it does different stuff for different contexts (applications) | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 17:07 | answer | added | soulshined | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 16:53 | comment | added | Tetsujin | This is actually becoming an XY Problem What you are looking for is a way to control specific functions, volume, pause etc, not the key-presses required to trigger those functions - there are examples for iTunes on the link I posted. I'm not sure VLC can be controlled like iTunes when it is not the frontmost app, so the solutions may differ. | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 16:01 | comment | added | rikudesu | Alright thanks, is there any way to trigger the actions bound to the extra function keys? What does fn+f12 execute? Can I call this manually? | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 15:59 | comment | added | Tetsujin | You can call 'true' F-Keys, but not their 'extra function' alternatives. keystroke "F12" will press F12 but not Fn/F12 [doesn't matter which way you have your system prefs set, it will send just F12, not volume up.] | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 15:55 | comment | added | rikudesu | @Tetsujin Hey, thanks for your reply. Is there really no way to trigger them as keys being pressed? It's not just the volume key I want to trigger. I want to trigger the pause key in the OS determined context (could pause VLC, iTunes etc.). | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 15:52 | comment | added | Tetsujin | The volume up/down keys are not accessible as 'keys' from applescript. See this for a way to achieve system volume control by Applescript - superuser.com/questions/224264/… | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 15:35 | history | edited | rikudesu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2014 at 15:29 | history | asked | rikudesu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |