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How to display notifications in Mac script editor?
Optionally, provide values for the with title, subtitle, and sound nameparameters to provide additional information and an audible alert when the notification appears, as shown in Listing 24-1and Listing 24-2. APPLESCRIPT Open in Script Editor Listing 24-1AppleScript: Displaying a notification
How are notifications displayed on a MacBook Pro?
Notifications are shown as alerts or banners, depending on the user’s settings in System Preferences > Notifications. See Figure 24-1 and Figure 24-2 . To show a notification, provide the display notification command with a string to display.
Which is the display dialog command in AppleScript?
As noted in the other answer here, AppleScript has at least three interactive message type commands: display dialog, display alert, display notification, and probably others. It seems odd that only the first has the option to add a custom icon.
Can You display custom icons with display notification?
First of all you can’t display a custom icon with display notification. The reason is that notifications are strongly related to a target application. As AppleScript scripts and applets aren’t applications in terms of the Notification framework, the notification is related to the current application, the AppleScript Runner.
How to display an alert on a Mac?
One of the display alert command’s optional parameters is message, which lets you provide additional text to display in a separate text field, below the bolded alert text. Listing 22-9 and Listing 22-10 show how to display the alert in Figure 22-4, which contains bolded alert text, plain message text, and custom buttons.
Where can I find the display alert command?
For complete information about the display alert command and its parameters, launch Script Editor, open the Standard Additions scripting addition’s dictionary, and navigate to the command’s definition.
Is there an AppleScript that will open or close an app?
Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. I’ve run into a problem on creating an applescript that will open or close a specific app if it is already running, unless it was just opened.
How to display an error message on Mac?
Listing 22-9 and Listing 22-10 show how to display the alert in Figure 22-4, which contains bolded alert text, plain message text, and custom buttons. set theAlertText to “An error has occurred.”