I've also filed a bug at least 3 months ago, and it appears Apple have been ignoring it. I have come to the same conclusion as you on the matter Nick.
It seems we must either wait for a new API (which I think is unlikely to happen) or have to remove features that rely on this from our applications. Thanks for your reply Nick, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one. On 17 February 2012 18:27, Nick Zitzmann <n...@chronosnet.com> wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > > > As a follow up, it appears that in 10.7.3 Apple have included a further > > Console log message along the lines of: > > > > 16/02/2012 08:12:28.319 sandboxd: ([23644]) WebProcess(23644) deny > > hid-control > > > > > > It appears that Sandboxed applications do not allow external applications > > to run the AXUIElementPostKeyboardEvent anymore. > > > > Do people consider this to be reasonable/make sense? Somehow, I don't see > > how it's justifiable for a Sandboxed app to display this behaviour, and > > causes serious usability problems. > > I have a bug filed on this, but I don't think Apple's ever going to allow > use of the accessibility API or event posting from the sandbox. According > to what I've read on the forums, allowing apps to do that is a > sandbox-defeating security hole. Sandboxed apps aren't allowed to use > NSAppleScript or AESend() to communicate with the outside world for the > same reason. They get temporary exceptions, but the "temporary" means they > might be taken away... > > Nick Zitzmann > <http://www.chronosnet.com/> > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
