Suppose I have two open TextEdit files, and consequently two windows. How can I switch/activate windows programmatically with JXA?
At the moment I have this:
var text = Application("textEdit")
text.activate()
var file1_path = Path("/Users/..../text1.rtf")
var file2_path = Path("/Users/..../text2.rtf")
var doc1 = text.open(file1_path)
var doc2 = text.open(file2_path)
console.log("text1",text.windows["text1.rtf"].index()) //prints 2
console.log("text2",text.windows["text2.rtf"].index()) //prints 1
//the next row brings text1 window to front but doesn't activate it,
//as a matter of fact the 3 buttons upper/left (close,minimize, full screen) are grey
text.windows["text1.rtf"].index = 1
You can give this a go, which appears to work on High Sierra:
TextEdit=Application('TextEdit');
Sys=Application('System Events');
TextEdit.activate()
/* open files, etc. */
Sys.processes["TextEdit"].windows[1].actions['AXRaise'].perform();
And you can, of course, replace the index 1 with the name of the window, such as "text1.rtf".