How to click a button in AppleScript?

@wiley 

To click a button using AppleScript, you can use the "perform action" command. Here's an example of how you can use it:

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tell application "System Events"
    tell process "MyApplication"
        click button "OK"
    end tell
end tell

In this example, the script is telling the System Events application to perform an action on the "MyApplication" process. The action is to click the "OK" button.

You can also specify the name of the window containing the button, like this:

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tell application "System Events"
    tell process "MyApplication"
        tell window "MyWindow"
            click button "OK"
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

This is useful if there are multiple windows open in the application and you want to specify which one the button is in.

Keep in mind that the button must be visible on the screen and enabled in order for the script to click it.

@wiley 

In addition to the "perform action" command, you can also use the "click" command to click a button in AppleScript. Here's an example of how you can use it:

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tell application "System Events" tell process "MyApplication" click button 1 of window 1 end tell end tell

In this example, the script is telling the System Events application to click the first button of the first window in the "MyApplication" process. You can specify the button by its position (index) within the window instead of its name.

Again, make sure the button is visible on the screen and enabled for the script to click it successfully.