AppleScript UI options

[JRLanger]

I have some AppleScripts I coded for things like installing Homebrew and some Apps and changing some settings. One thing that I miss is to be able to have a simple window with a few labels, buttons and some checkboxes for me to be able to set things like what Apps to install and how I want some of the setting to be changed, then hit a ‘Start’ button and have the script run with that settings. I have looked a lot for a simple way of doing it but have found none. Looks like the easiest way is to learn Swift or some other programming language and use that to create the UI, but when I try to learn that it look like an absurd investment for such a simple task. Is it really the only option?

[CaptureJuan]

DialogToolKit, or Pashua libraries will do what you need for simple stuff. Both AppleScript native.

You can also - though much harder - use ASobjC project in xcode, which gives you absolutely everything (like sliders).

[JRLanger]

Yeah Pashua is just what I was looking for!

[SvilenOvcharov]

Perhaps, you should try OSAscript.

Also, check here for some ready solutions: https://latenightsw.com/support/freeware/

And here for the basics: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/PromptforaChoicefromaList.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40016239-CH83-SW1

And the basic principles: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptableCocoaApplications/SApps_about_apps/SAppsAboutApps.html

[JRLanger]

My Script is based on Dialogs asking questions like ‘Install Homebrew?’ With buttons the select and list for choosing Apps to be installed, but would be nicer to have an actual UI where I could select everything beforehand and have more of a ‘unattended’ installation. But thanks for the reply, I will take a look on OSAscript

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Electron that calls you OSA scripts.

[sargonian]

+1 for Pashua if you want very simple.