How to create a new Chrome window on Mac OS X using applescript or a shell script?

Question

I would like to be able to open a new Chrome window from LaunchBar, which means I have to express the action as an AppleScript or as a shell script / executable program. I tried automator, but it doesn't really work.

So - is it possible? I tried using applescript but things like "make new window at front" don't work...

Answer 1

tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
    make new window
    activate
end tell

Answer 2

At present the AppleScript support in Chrome is very limited (beyond the standard GUI scripting native to Mac OS X) but is expected to improve in Milestone 5. (Release date unsure) See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=27468 for more details.

So at present there is no way to reliably create a new window if Chrome is already running. If it's not running it's easy to use:

tell application "Chrome"
    activate
end tell

or

open /Applications/Chrome.app

Of note running:

open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome "URL HERE"&

is a great way to get multiple instances of the application running making clobbering your preferences and caches really easy. I don't suggest using this.

Answer 3

This AppleScript kind-of works, but it may not open in your current space. :(

I used to open a new Terminal window with a similar version with shortcut keys mapped by FastScripts.

tell application "Chromium" to activate

tell application "System Events"
 tell process "Chromium"
  click menu item "새 창" of menu "파일" of menu bar 1
 end tell
end tell

You should substitute "새 창" and "파일" above with your language's menu labels, and "Chromimum" with "Chrome" if you're not using a snapshot like me.