Conditional aliases for AudioVideoModule, FocusModes, FaceTime

[yspreen]

I often enable/disable mic filters for meetings. I also like to switch my focus mode from dnd to sleep. And lastly I sometimes switch FaceTime calls from my phone to my Mac.

All three require click interactions on menu items that are conditional. AudioVideoModule only shows when mic/screen sharing is active. FocusModes shows up when focus is enabled plus about 5s after, and FaceTime only shows during a call or when handover is available.

I'd love to be able to

• click them not based on index in the menu bar as the order changes based on the conditionality
• hide them when they're not shown in the system bar

The first item is more crucial. Scripts like tell application \"System Events\" to tell process \"Control Center\" to perform action \"AXPress\" of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1 don't work because the position changes and isn't always 5

[yspreen]

okay, I wrote this script which helps with the clicking. now I just need to hide items that are currently not active

#!/bin/bash
# This script takes two parameters:
#   $1: application name (e.g., "Control Center")
#   $2: the description to match for the menu bar item
#
# Example usage:
#   ./click.sh "Control Center" "Clock"
#
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <application> <description>"
    exit 1
fi

APP="$1"
DESC="$2"

osascript <<EOF
tell application "System Events"
  tell process "$APP"
    set found to false
    repeat with mi in menu bar items of menu bar 1
      try
        if (description of mi) starts with "$DESC" then
          perform action "AXPress" of mi
          set found to true
          exit repeat
        end if
      end try
    end repeat
    if not found then
      # display dialog "Menu item with description '$DESC' not found in $APP." buttons {"OK"} default button 1
    end if
  end tell
end tell
EOF