"scriptable" branch of lwouis/alt-tab-macos

Download: AltTab-scriptable-1.94.0.zip

Made for use with DockAltTab (adds window previews to the MacOS dock)... it does so by sending AppleScript commands to AltTab.

AppleScript Dictionary / Docs

basic commands

• hide: Hide Overlay/UI.
• show: Show all app windows. (Regular AltTab shortcut)
• showApp: Show specific app's windows. (ignores blacklist)
  • appBID: The bundle identifier of the app whose windows you want to show.
  • x: X-coordinate (optional)
  • y: Y-coordinate (optional)
  • dockPos: (optional) Helps AltTab know where previews will be positioned / clip, (especially for docks on the right (preview 'panel' width is relevant))
• trigger: Goes to the next window, without showing Overlay/UI.

Miscellaneous / DockAltTab commands

Miscellaneous / DockAltTab commands

• appSetting: Read settings applied on showApp previews.
  • named: Name of the setting. (appsToShow, showHiddenWindows, showFullscreenWindows, showMinimizedWindows, spacesToShow, screensToShow, showTabsAsWindows)
• countMinimizedWindowsCurrentSpace: The number of (minimized) windows for an app (FROM the current space, especially useful for keeping minimized windows contained in the space they were originally minimized in).
  • appBID
• countWindows: The number of windows for an app (in all spaces).
  • appBID
• countWindowsCurrentSpace: The number of windows for an app (in the current space, especially useful for counting hidden windows (otherwise especially hard to do for the current space)).
  • appBID
• deminimizeFirstMinimizedWindowFromCurrentSpace: Deminimize app's first minimized window originally minimized on the current space.
  • appBID
• keyState: Whether a certain key is being pressed (see if AltTab overlay is absorbing modifier keys)
  • key: Name of the key you want to check the state of.
• thumbnailPreview: show focuspreview/targetpreview
  • ...

example usages:

tell application "AltTab" to showApp appBID "com.apple.Safari"

tell application "AltTab" to showApp appBID "com.apple.Safari" x 0 y 0

tell application "AltTab" to hide

Other Differences

Some other changes I made out of personal preference / hesitation to submit a pull request:

• ignore some app's windows
  • BetterTouchTool "pinned"/floating windows
  • Screenhint floating windows
• Preview button order: Exit is 1st, Quit is last (opposed to vice-versa)
• faster fading (if fading enabled): 111ms for DockAltTab previews, 333ms for regular previews
• auto reopen controls after closing window (allows click spam to repeat close window quickly)

Contributing

How to build AltTab on Xcode --this youtube video shows how to build the official AltTab from lwouis (but this branch has been normalized to be able to build on m-series/apple silicon, so this may not be necessary)