Browser Actions (β) 2024.0.6

I’ve just released the a public beta build, for version 2024.0.6. It’s a bugfix release for the most part, but I snuck in a new form-related action as well. I’ve rewritten quite a bit of code which isn’t necessarily visible but which adds a lot of stability.

It’s still a beta and thus, as always: if you see something, please say something! :wink: Let me know if anything be haves out of the ordinary. Let me know if you’re unsure how to start with it, let me know if you have a feature request … when in doubt, let’s talk it out! Thank you!

New stuff

  • Say hello to the new Focus Form Field action! It does exactly what it says on the tin.

Fixes

  • Actions that return tabs or windows now correctly report the name of the specific browser when they return a result from the “frontmost browser”, instead of “[frontmost browser]”.
  • The “What’s New” sheet is now only brought up if the app is in foreground, fixing a potential hang situation when one of BA’s’ Shortcuts actions was triggered after an update but before the app was started.
  • When inserting text using Set Form Field Value or Set Form Fields From Dictionary, everything is now correctly escaped, and multiline strings are now correctly handled.
  • When a Browser Window contains only one tab, and you try to access the window’s “Tabs” property, Shortcuts will stop with a non-descript error. This is a bug in macOS Shortcuts, and nothing that I can fix. As a (hopefully temporary) workaround, and only for single-tab windows, the “Tabs” property will return the original single tab twice. It’s not great but better than a vague error. :man_shrugging:t2:

 

PS: ICYMI, a few days ago I published a first explainer video ↓↓↓ – and I work on follow-ups covering the other categories. (Being your own boss is great but it often means doing all the things yourself.)


Download the public beta