Question

Simply, is it possible to change a “static text” field in an Apple system dialog box? Specifically I am looking into changing some label text of a password popup. I have tried using AppleScript via GUI scripting:

tell application "System Events"
    try
        tell window 1 of process "loginwindow"
            repeat until not (value of static text 4 is equal to "")
                set value of static text 4 to "this is a test"
                delay 0.5
            end repeat
        end tell
    end try
end tell

Although this does not seem to work at all. Any other methods? Perhaps Scripting Bridge or other? I’d prefer not to code my own dialogs from scratch (not for difficulty reasons, I could easily do it, I’d just prefer to interface rather than emulate.)

Thanks!

Answer 1

After much research, I’m not sure that this is possible – it would be best to write a screen saver, implement it’s own password protection, and enable that dialog to be modified from behind the screen saver.