Blog of Auzigog – Jeremy Blanchard

A while back I throw together this AppleScript to trigger Quicksilver to not only go to iTunes, but to automatically focus on the current track. (Note: When iTunes is already the front window, the command to do this is ⌘L.

Features

• Brings iTunes to the front if it isn’t already the front window
• Highlights the track that is currently playing (if one is playing)
• If iTunes is already the front window, this script will hide the window (similar to using ⌘H

Steps

1. Make sure Quicksilver is installed.
2. Copy the code below into a text file.
3. Save that file in a directory (preferably somewhere in your home directory). Mine is saved at /Users/auzigog/Apple Scripts/showplayingtrack.scpt.
4. Open quicksilver by pressing your hot key (likely ⌘L) and press the arrow in the top right to open the menu. Select Triggers
5. Press the + button to add a new hot key.
   1. Into the first box, type ~/Apple Scripts/showplayingtrack.scpt (modify this if you saved it somewhere else).
   2. Press save
6. Assign a hot key
   1. Select the item you just added and double-click the area that says “none”.
   2. Put your curson in the “Hot Key” box and press the keys you want to use to trigger this script. I chose ^⌘L (Ctrl + Apple + L) to mimic the built in iTunes command

You’re done!

That’s it! Leave a comment if you find this helpful!

The code

on run
	tell application "iTunes"
		if frontmost is true then
			tell application "System Events"
				set app_name to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
				set visible of process app_name to false
			end tell
		else
			set frontmost to true
			if player state is playing then
				reveal current track
			end if
		end if
	end tell
end run

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