Development:Camino AppleScript Guide

The following page is a guide to the AppleScript features available in Camino 1.6.

Camino 1.6 features significant improvements in AppleScript support over previous versions of Camino. Some of these improvements required incompatible changes to commands and properties. Many scripts will continue to work correctly in Camino 1.6; however, scripts that use certain commands and properties, and text scripts (.applescript), will need changes in order to continue functioning.

New in Camino 1.6

• Browser Windows and Tabs
  • Browser windows can now be referenced specifically. Previously, Camino only exposed windows in general, including the Preferences window and the Downloads window in the same collection as browser windows.
  • Browser windows contain tabs.
  • Tabs can be addressed individually, exposing the title and URL of each page the user has open.
• Bookmarks
  • Bookmarks and bookmark folders can be read, added, and modified by AppleScripts. (But see important point below. [Not added yet])

(pull from Development:Summer_of_Code_2007:AppleScript:Proposal?)

Anomalies in the Camino AppleScript Dictionary

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• Bug 394821 [this is the important note referenced above]
• Although the make command is present, it is currently not possible to make new tab or make new browser window. For technical information about the reasons for this, see this blog post.

Implementing Toolbar Script Items

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• See Introducing Toolbar Scripts (Again) and Pimp Your Toolbar for more information.