How to set an app frontmost?

2018-09-17 08:05:33.465Z

If I want to set an app like Pro Tools frontmost I can use this little AppleScript code:

sf.system.execAppleScript({
    script: 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Pro Tools"\n' +
    'set frontmost to true\n' +
    'end tell'
});

I know about

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

but this does not put the app PT frontmost but the app and one of its main windows (Edit or Mix, depending which one resides on a higher level).
Sometimes I do not want to have one of the main windows frontmost, like for scripts that address plug-in windows (AudioSuite, Insert, VI).

Is there an equivalent method to the AppleScript method in SF to do the same with JavaScript?

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Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer
SoundFlow Team
2018-09-17 20:37:40.671Z
The awkward but simple way to do it would be to call the appActivateMainWindow() followed by an elementRaise() call on the window you'd like focused/frontmost.

So for instance ("raising" aka putting front most, the first audio suite window):

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow(); sf.ui.proTools.floatingWindows.whoseTitle.contains('Audio Suite:').first.elementRaise();

If you need something more granular we should look into creating a new separate action specifically for this.
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1. ?@anon6770933309
  2018-09-18 07:50:26.696Z
  Well, when I came up with this question I was working on a script that loads the next/previous setting in an open AudioSuite, Insert or VI plug-in depending on whatever plug-in is frontmost.
  When I tested this script via Run Command (⌘ return) it set PT’s main window frontmost which was not what I was looking for.
  If you hide PT with two plug-in windows open (e.g. 1 Audio Suite and 1 Insert) and set it frontmost again it should present the windows in the same order before hiding.
  
  sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
  
  doesn't do this, it sets one of the main windows (Edit or Mix) frontmost but the PI window that was frontmost before hiding.
  
  And
  
  elementRaise();
  
  wouldn’t help either as the script doesn’t know which sort of PI window was frontmost before hiding.
  I can live with the AppleScript solution but a dedicated SF action would be awesome. 😉
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  Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer
  SoundFlow Team
  2018-09-18 18:31:26.572Z
  Gotcha, I understand. Thanks for explaining. I'll test it against the Apple Script version to make sure we retain the same functionality.
  
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