The following code selects the menu item of a dropdown displaying the string Mac mini Speakers:
click (menu item "Mac mini Speakers") of menu 1 of popupButton
But I want to select the menu item by substring. In my use case I don't know the full name. So something like this (but this does not work):
click (menu item where value contains "Speakers") of menu 1 of popupButton
How can I specify a menu item by a substring of the content displayed in the menu item?
1 Answer
Testing under macOS Catalina in Script Editor with System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects opened, the following example AppleScript code clicks the MacBook Pro Speakers menu item for the Play sound effects through: pop-up menu:
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "System Preferences"
click pop up button 1 of tab group 1 of window 1
delay 0.25
tell tab group 1 of window 1
click (menu items of menu 1 of pop up button 1 ¬
whose name contains "Speakers")
end tell
end tell
end tell
