Apple Toolbar Dropdown Selection

Hey @Ryan_Franks, see if the method described in this thread works for you: Acces items in the Menu Bar

I don't use Moom so I can't make a script for you but you could create a macro or script that presses the key commands for each configuration

Hey @Ryan_Franks,

I downloaded Moom (from here) and was able to automate it using two different methods:

1) Popup Menu from Menu Bar (the original question of this thread)

The following script will trigger the "Left & Right" layout, which is one of the layouts that come stock once you install the software.

const moom = sf.ui.app("com.manytricks.Moom");

moom.getElement("AXExtrasMenuBar").popupMenuSelect({
    menuPath: ["Examples", "Left & Right"]
});

Below is a screenshot of the menu the script is navigating through:

Looking at the screenshot you provided in your original post, the following script should trigger the "Reaper Video Right Midi Right" layout:

const moom = sf.ui.app("com.manytricks.Moom");

moom.getElement("AXExtrasMenuBar").popupMenuSelect({
    menuPath: ["Reaper Video Right Midi Right"]
});

2) AppleScript
According to Moom's documentation, they're a few AppleScript commands at our disposal.

I used this first one to get a list of the different layouts available:

const moomLayouts = sf.system.execAppleScript({
    script: `
        tell application "Moom"
              list of layouts
        end tell`
}).result;

log(moomLayouts);

Which, on a clean install, returns the following:

[
    "Sidebar",
    "Left & Right",
    "Top & Bottom"
]

Once, I knew what my options were, I used the following script to trigger one of those layouts:

sf.system.execAppleScript({
    script: `
        tell application "Moom"
            run "Left & Right"
        end tell`
});

I know in a previous post you mentioned this wasn't working. The Moom menu items in your screenshot look different from the version I just installed so I'm sure you just need to update to the current version to get these going.

Hope that helps!

⚠️ The first time you run an AppleScript on Moom you will get a macOS dialog requesting permission for SoundFlow to automate it. It's important you allow it for this to work. If you missed it, go to "System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation > SoundFlow" and make sure Moom is toggled on.

All scripts tested on a Macbook Air M3, running Sequoia 15.3.1 and Moom 4.1.3

ah, that is awesome, @raphaelsepulveda ! Thank you for looking at that and sorry that my dumb oversight resulted in extra work for you. the last script you sent me yesterday works great with the updated version. I just missed it when they changed the version of moom i had to "moom classic" and then continued developing the new version of Moom. you can't upgrade the version i had via the Apple Store. So benefit to me is it seems like they've improved the software in the last 6 months or so since that change took place. This works great though and thank you for your thoroughness. i just tried it with several view sets and it works great!

hi @raphaelsepulveda this is working really well! and just fixed a workflow issue for me. Reaper has it's own set of window layouts, which nests certain windows within it's dock. for different layouts i use both different dock configurations and different moom configurations which has always almost worked great, but remembering which goes with which when making changes has been an issue. I just combined a reaper script that triggers the dock layout with the moom script that fires the matching screen configuration. works perfectly.

one last question, which i know is overly specific: Reaper is a very flexible platform and one aspect of it that i just started utilizing is the ability to have completely distinct instals or iterations of the program on your computer. meaning you can have different layouts, plugins, scripts, menus, key commands, etc. i'm using 1 for composition, 1 for sound design and editing and 1 for developing a new piece of software. My question is: would it be possible for SF to distinguish between those? For example, for composition i just run "reaper" the application. for sound design, i have a separate copy called ReaSFX, which i can run from SF by using Open File. in 90% of the cases, my SF interface would be the same, but there are differences when it comes to visibility. I have different layouts and track configurations and it'd be awesome if instead of having multiple linked decks like say "visibility Reaper", "visibility ReaSFX" etc., I could tell SF to run a duplicate, but slightly altered deck when running ReaSFX. The only trick is that i don't think SF will see ReaSFX as a separate app. i'm currently opening ReaSFX by using "open a file" to trigger a folder that i just keep on my desktop:

No big deal if not, just wanted to ask before I got too much further into setting up my visibility controls. Thanks again!