Change Keyboard Settings with Automator

[bull]

Hello there,

I'm trying to check/uncheck a setting within system preferences (The "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" checkbox) and am having some mixed results. I'm running an iMac with a cinema display as a secondary monitor.

Here is the sequence I created:

1. Run AppleScript to open System Preferences
   • This runs fine when I run it from within Automator or when I run the saved automator app
2. Watch Me Do (Keyboard) - click the Keyboard option within system preferences
3. Watch Me Do (Click) - check/uncheck the desired checkbox
4. Watch Me Do (Close) - click the X to close the window
   • Tried the Quite Application action, but it didn't seem to work

Here is the problem I encountered:

• When I run it from automator, it works fine
• When I run it as an app, it tells me "The action "Watch Me Do (Keyboard)" encountered an error."

Any ideas? Should this be written as a script? Should I be trying a different approach?

Your help is appreciated.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

I am not very well-versed in Automator/AppleScript, but maybe this will work: jkbrzt/macos-fn-toggle

C

 

[bull]

Works like magic!

Incidentally, I didn't have my app checked off in the Accessibility section, so that was causing issues. But this script is exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks so much.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries...glad it worked out for you.

C

 

[rawltsx]

I am getting the following error when I try to run this on when I try to run this on Sonoma 14.1.1. Please help if you can? Thank you!


The action "Run AppleScript" encountered an error: "System Events got an error: Can't get checkbox 1 of group 1 of scroll area 1 of group 2 of splitter group 1 of group 1 of sheet 1 of window
1 of process "System Settings".
Invalid index."
OK