Apple Script to access elements of the Context Menu for a file

Question

I was able to get the context menu up with applescript tell perform action "AXShowMenu"

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" tell window {window name} tell splitter group 1 tell splitter group 1 UI elements tell scroll area 1 UI elements tell group 1 UI elements tell image {filename} perform action "AXShowMenu" end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell

This got the menu up. But I am not able to access any of the menu items. How can I access menu items for a file in finder?

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" tell window {window name} tell splitter group 1 tell splitter group 1 UI elements tell scroll area 1 UI elements tell group 1 UI elements tell image {filename} perform action "AXShowMenu" end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell I am not able to get the menu items after I click on AXShowMenu — user1519766, Sep 30 '15 at 23:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 05:34

You can use keystroke to select the menu item:

set filename to "test.jpg"
tell application "Finder" to activate
delay 0.2
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Finder"
        -- set theTarget to value of attribute "AXFocusedUIElement"
        set theTarget to group 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
        tell theTarget
            tell image filename to perform action "AXShowMenu"
            delay 0.2
            keystroke "open"
            keystroke return
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

Apple Script to access elements of the Context Menu for a file

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