How to get highlighted text from apps like Mail.app in macOS

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Below is a snippet that prints highlighted text, however, it does not work with all apps. For instance, one app I know it does not work with is Mail.

What attributes should I be searching for to get the highlighted text in apps like Mail :)

func getHighlightedText() -> AnyObject? {

    let systemWideElement = AXUIElementCreateSystemWide()

    var focusedElement: AnyObject?

    let focusedCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(systemWideElement, "AXFocusedUIElement" as CFString, &focusedElement)

    if (focusedCode == AXError.success) {

        var selectedText: AnyObject?

        let textCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(focusedElement as! AXUIElement, "AXSelectedText" as CFString, &selectedText)

        if (textCode == AXError.success) {

            return selectedText

        }

    }

    return nil

}

sleep(3) #enough time to switch to another app and highlight the text

print(getHighlightedText())

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Possible duplicate of macOS accessibility API on WebKit applications with AXTextMarker
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Below is a snippet that prints highlighted text, however, it does not work with all apps. For instance, one app I know it does not work with is Mail.

What attributes should I be searching for to get the highlighted text in apps like Mail :)

func getHighlightedText() -> AnyObject? {

    let systemWideElement = AXUIElementCreateSystemWide()

    var focusedElement: AnyObject?

    let focusedCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(systemWideElement, "AXFocusedUIElement" as CFString, &focusedElement)

    if (focusedCode == AXError.success) {

        var selectedText: AnyObject?

        let textCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(focusedElement as! AXUIElement, "AXSelectedText" as CFString, &selectedText)

        if (textCode == AXError.success) {

            return selectedText

        }

    }

    return nil

}

sleep(3) #enough time to switch to another app and highlight the text

print(getHighlightedText())

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HarsilSPatel

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Possible duplicate of macOS accessibility API on WebKit applications with AXTextMarker
– Willeke
yesterday

add a comment |

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Below is a snippet that prints highlighted text, however, it does not work with all apps. For instance, one app I know it does not work with is Mail.

What attributes should I be searching for to get the highlighted text in apps like Mail :)

func getHighlightedText() -> AnyObject? {

    let systemWideElement = AXUIElementCreateSystemWide()

    var focusedElement: AnyObject?

    let focusedCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(systemWideElement, "AXFocusedUIElement" as CFString, &focusedElement)

    if (focusedCode == AXError.success) {

        var selectedText: AnyObject?

        let textCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(focusedElement as! AXUIElement, "AXSelectedText" as CFString, &selectedText)

        if (textCode == AXError.success) {

            return selectedText

        }

    }

    return nil

}

sleep(3) #enough time to switch to another app and highlight the text

print(getHighlightedText())

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Below is a snippet that prints highlighted text, however, it does not work with all apps. For instance, one app I know it does not work with is Mail.

What attributes should I be searching for to get the highlighted text in apps like Mail :)

func getHighlightedText() -> AnyObject? {

    let systemWideElement = AXUIElementCreateSystemWide()

    var focusedElement: AnyObject?

    let focusedCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(systemWideElement, "AXFocusedUIElement" as CFString, &focusedElement)

    if (focusedCode == AXError.success) {

        var selectedText: AnyObject?

        let textCode = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(focusedElement as! AXUIElement, "AXSelectedText" as CFString, &selectedText)

        if (textCode == AXError.success) {

            return selectedText

        }

    }

    return nil

}

sleep(3) #enough time to switch to another app and highlight the text

print(getHighlightedText())

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Possible duplicate of macOS accessibility API on WebKit applications with AXTextMarker
– Willeke
yesterday

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Possible duplicate of macOS accessibility API on WebKit applications with AXTextMarker
– Willeke
yesterday

Possible duplicate of macOS accessibility API on WebKit applications with AXTextMarker
– Willeke
yesterday

add a comment |

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