Christopher Stone wrote on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:40:01 -0500: >On Oct 11, 2011, at 23:43, Mark Lively wrote: >> This toggles it >> >> tell application "System Events" >> tell process "Safari" >> click menu item "Block Pop-up Windows" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1 >> end tell >> end tell >> >> But I am having issues finding a way to read it. > >______________________________________________________________________ > >tell application "System Events" > tell process "Safari" > value of attribute "AXMenuItemMarkChar" of menu item "Block Pop-up >Windows" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1 > end tell >end tell On my machine, the result comes back visibly much faster if the full reference is used: tell application "System Events" tell process "Safari" value of attribute "AXMenuItemMarkChar" of menu item "Block Pop-up Windows" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Safari" of menu bar 1 end tell end tell NG