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Creating a window in JXA, without needing to save the script as a stay-open application in Script Editor
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| #!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript | |
| // Creating a window in JXA, without needing to save the script as a stay-open application in Script Editor | |
| // References: | |
| // - https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/InterapplicationCommunication/RN-JavaScriptForAutomation/Articles/OSX10-10.html | |
| // - https://sarunw.com/posts/how-to-create-macos-app-without-storyboard/ | |
| // - https://gist.github.com/search?q=user%3Auchcode+jxa | |
| // - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32555933/programmatically-creating-and-populating-a-nswindow-using-jxa | |
| ObjC.import('Cocoa') | |
| // Create an AppDelegate | |
| ObjC.registerSubclass({ | |
| name: 'AppDelegate', | |
| superclass: 'NSObject', | |
| // For some reason we can't specify the protocol here, | |
| // so we have to specify the types for our delegates manually | |
| // execution error: Error: Error: protocol does not exist (-2700) | |
| // protocols: ['NSApplicationDelegate'], | |
| methods: { | |
| 'applicationDidFinishLaunching:': { | |
| types: ['void', ['NSNotification']], | |
| implementation: function (notification) { | |
| $.NSLog('Application finished launching') | |
| // Create a new window | |
| const window = $.NSWindow.alloc.initWithContentRectStyleMaskBackingDefer( | |
| $.NSMakeRect(0, 0, 400, 400), | |
| $.NSTitledWindowMask | $.NSWindowStyleMaskClosable | $.NSWindowStyleMaskMiniaturizable | $.NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask, | |
| $.NSBackingStoreBuffered, | |
| false | |
| ) | |
| // Set window props | |
| window.center | |
| window.opaque = false | |
| window.title = "Fancy JXA Window" | |
| window.titlebarAppearsTransparent = true | |
| window.movableByWindowBackground = true | |
| // Show the window | |
| window.makeKeyAndOrderFront($()) | |
| } | |
| }, | |
| 'applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed:': { | |
| types: ['bool', ['NSApplication']], | |
| implementation: function (application) { | |
| return true | |
| } | |
| }, | |
| } | |
| }) | |
| function run(argv) { | |
| // Create the shared application | |
| const nsApp = $.NSApplication.sharedApplication | |
| // Create our AppDelegate | |
| const appDelegate = $.AppDelegate.alloc.init | |
| // Attach our delegate | |
| nsApp.delegate = appDelegate | |
| // Run the app lifecycle | |
| nsApp.run | |
| } |
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