Hi Alex, I haven't tried Auotomator in ML, but the way this has worked in past versions, you can always add a an action to a workflow by pressing "return" when you're focused on your selection, such as "Run Shell Script" or "Run AppleScript". That works for sighted users, too, to add an action to the workflow area. The only difference between pressing "return" and using drag and drop is that your selection always gets added to the end of the workflow when you press "return". A sighted user who has a number of actions already in the workflow area can choose to drag and drop a new action into some other position -- such as just before the last added action. However, you can reorder any actions that have been added to the workflow area by interacting with the workflow, then focusing on a particular action and using Command-Up arrow (or down arrow) to move it into another position in the workflow.
The reason you aren't finding the workflow area is that it's empty until you add actions to it. It's initially an empty area that's probably announced as "Untitled". And the articles about Automator have always described the process of adding actions in terms of instructions to drag and drop an action into the workflow area. It used to require double clicking on actions to add them (back in the days of Tiger -- OS X 10.4), but you can just press return. HTH. Cheers, Esthesr On Sep 16, 5:35 pm, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Has anyone tried Automator in ML? I was looking up how to set a global hotkey > for a script, and was directed to this app with instructions to drag a > particular item to a workflow area. Not only do I not see a workflow area > into which I can drag the item, I see nothing that could even be an edit area > or a place that accepts items at all. I'm rather confused, and wonder if I > have an out-of-date article or if Automator is not accessible in ML? Thanks. > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
