If you don't want the Displays icon in the menubar, you could try this
script:
--
try
set _windowName to "" -- Change this to the window name in Displays
Preferences!
tell application "System Preferences"
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
activate
tell me to delay 1
set _displayWindows to name of windows
end tell
if _displayWindows contains _windowName then
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
tell window _windowName to click button "Detect
Displays"
end tell
end tell
end if
tell application "System Preferences" to quit
on error a number b
activate
display dialog a
end try
--
Change '_windowName' to the name of the relevant Displays window in
System preferences. Uses button clicks, very hacky.
On Aug 25, 12:30 am, lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One thing I would love to be able to do in a couple of keystrokes is
> to "detect displays" (normally accessed by a button in the "displays"
> pane of system preferences). Often I start work on my external monitor
> with my laptop closed, then at some point I need the extra screen and
> I flip open my laptop. Can quicksilver help me turn the laptop display
> on quickly instead of all the mousey-clickery I otherwise have to do?
> Thank you! --Lloyd.
>
> sheepish p.s.: I'm on OS 10.5.8. QS is version beta56a7.
