Add accessibilityPermission option (#177)

Co-authored-by: Sindre Sorhus <sindresorhus@gmail.com>

Author: kentbetita

Sources/ActiveWinCLI/main.swift

@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ func getWindowInformation(window: [String: Any], windowOwnerPID: pid_t) -> [Stri
 		"memoryUsage": window[kCGWindowMemoryUsage as String] as? Int ?? 0
 	]
 
-	// Only run the AppleScript if active window is a compatible browser.
+	// Run the AppleScript to get the URL if the active window is a compatible browser and accessibility permissions are enabled.
 	if
+		!disableAccessibilityPermission,
 		let bundleIdentifier = app.bundleIdentifier,
 		let script = getActiveBrowserTabURLAppleScriptCommand(bundleIdentifier),
 		let url = runAppleScript(source: script)
@@ -83,17 +84,24 @@ func getWindowInformation(window: [String: Any], windowOwnerPID: pid_t) -> [Stri
 	return output
 }
 
+let disableAccessibilityPermission = CommandLine.arguments.contains("--no-accessibility-permission")
 let disableScreenRecordingPermission = CommandLine.arguments.contains("--no-screen-recording-permission")
 let enableOpenWindowsList = CommandLine.arguments.contains("--open-windows-list")
 
-// Show accessibility permission prompt if needed. Required to get the complete window title.
-if !AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(["AXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt": true] as CFDictionary) {
+// Show accessibility permission prompt if needed. Required to get the URL of the active tab in browsers.
+if
+	!disableAccessibilityPermission,
+	!AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(["AXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt": true] as CFDictionary)
+{
 	print("active-win requires the accessibility permission in “System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility”.")
 	exit(1)
 }
 
 // Show screen recording permission prompt if needed. Required to get the complete window title.
-if !disableScreenRecordingPermission && !hasScreenRecordingPermission() {
+if
+	!disableScreenRecordingPermission,
+	!hasScreenRecordingPermission()
+{
 	print("active-win requires the screen recording permission in “System Settings › Privacy & Security › Screen Recording”.")
 	exit(1)
 }

index.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 declare namespace activeWindow {
 	interface Options {
+		/**
+		Enable the accessibility permission check. _(macOS)_
+
+		Setting this to `false` will prevent the accessibility permission prompt on macOS versions 10.15 and newer. The `url` property won't be retrieved.
+
+		@default true
+		*/
+		readonly accessibilityPermission: boolean;
+
 		/**
 		Enable the screen recording permission check. _(macOS)_
 

index.test-d.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import {Result, LinuxResult, MacOSResult, WindowsResult, BaseOwner} from './inde
 
 expectType<Promise<Result | undefined>>(activeWindow());
 
-const result = activeWindow.sync({screenRecordingPermission: false});
+const result = activeWindow.sync({
+	screenRecordingPermission: false,
+	accessibilityPermission: false
+});
 
 expectType<Result | undefined>(result);
 

lib/macos.js

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ const getArguments = options => {
 	}
 
 	const args = [];
+	if (options.accessibilityPermission === false) {
+		args.push('--no-accessibility-permission');
+	}
+
 	if (options.screenRecordingPermission === false) {
 		args.push('--no-screen-recording-permission');
 	}

readme.md

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ Get metadata about the active window.
 
 Type: `object`
 
+##### accessibilityPermission **(macOS only)**
+
+Type: `boolean`\
+Default: `true`
+
+Enable the accessibility permission check. Setting this to `false` will prevent the accessibility permission prompt on macOS versions 10.15 and newer. The `url` property won't be retrieved.
+
 ##### screenRecordingPermission **(macOS only)**
 
 Type: `boolean`\