How to get the name of the active window of an app?

[erusev]

In this example here, if my workflow is designed to work w/ Chrome, it should get Create New Topic ... as this is the active window in Chrome.

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by erusev

[Stephen_C]

I can't experiment because I don't use Chrome, but doesn't the Automation TaskGet Current Chromium Browser Tab return what you need? (Sorry if I have misunderstood.)

 

Stephen

[erusev]

Hi Stephen, no, because it needs to be able to work with any macOS app, not just Chrome -- for the particular workflow I have in mind, I need it to work with VSCode -- I should have used VSCode as an example to avoid confusion.

Edited February 22, 2023 by erusev

[vitor]

Are you looking to get the title of the window of an arbitrary app, only from VSCode, or from the frontmost app? Each is a slightly different approach.

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by vitor

[erusev]

I'm looking for the window title of VSCode from any context.

 

Ex: I could be in the browser, and the workflow should be able to get the title of the window of VSCode.

[vitor]

In a Run Script with Language set to /usr/bin/osascript (JavaScript), make the Script:

 

Application("System Events").processes["Code"].windows[0].name()

 

JXA always outputs a newline, so strip whitespaces if you need to.

I’ll have a further think about this for Automation Tasks.

[erusev]

Awesome 🤩 That's exactly what I needed 😊