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Created April 20, 2012 10:16
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Example ruby/applescript combo that brings browsers to the front - useful in browser test automation...
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bring_browser_to_front.rb
#you probably only need one of these, but here's the lot of them...
#prepare the commands that will bring the various browsers to the front
bring_chrome_to_front = %Q{ osascript -e "tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to activate" }
bring_firefox_to_front = %Q{ osascript -e "tell application \\\"Firefox\\\" to activate" }
#execute the applescript commands to bring the browsers to the front
`#{bring_chrome_to_front}`
`#{bring_firefox_to_front}`
#prepare the commands that will resize the various browser
resize_chrome_window = %Q{osascript -e "tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to set bounds of window 1 to {1,1,1300,740}"}
resize_firefox_window = %Q{osascript -e "tell application \\\"Firefox\\\" to set bounds of window 1 to {1,1,1300,740}"}
#execute the commands to resize the browser window
`#{resize_chrome_window}`
`#{resize_firefox_window}`
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bring_chrome_to_front.rb
bring_chrome_to_front = %Q{ osascript -e "tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to activate" }
`#{bring_chrome_to_front}`
resize_chrome_window = %Q{osascript -e "tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to set bounds of window 1 to {1,1,1300,740}"}
`#{resize_chrome_window}`
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bring_firefox_to_front.rb
bring_firefox_to_front = %Q{ osascript -e "tell application \\\"Firefox\\\" to activate" }
`#{bring_firefox_to_front}`
resize_firefox_window = %Q{osascript -e "tell application \\\"Firefox\\\" to set bounds of window 1 to {1,1,1300,740}"}
`#{resize_firefox_window}`
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