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Steve Hold
Steve Hold

Reputation: 25

Automator Apple Script for Switching to Next Space

I'm very new to Applescript and I was looking to create an application that automatically switches between the desktops or spaces (as Apple calls them). Here is the code I have so far:

tell application "System Events"
key code 39 using {control down}
end tell

If I replace the "key code 39 using {control down}" section with keystroke "n" or any other key letter, it appears to work, but with my current code nothing occurs. Why would it not be executing?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1650

Answers (1)

Jerry Stratton
Jerry Stratton

Reputation: 3466

Code 39 is not the arrow you want for space changes. I found a list of numbers in another answer and key code 124 was the equivalent of using the right arrow to switch to the next space in my setup. I plugged that number into your code:

tell application "System Events"
    key code 124 using {control down}
end tell

And this successfully switched to my next space.

Note that with your code, something did happen when running it inside of Script Editor: an apostrophe was added to the end of the code.

Upvotes: 2

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