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! 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.
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.)