"ask for text" action in Apple automator does not receive focus automatically

Question

I wrote an Service using Apple's Automator. The first action is an "Ask for Text" action. However, when I trigger the shortcut to initiate the service, the modal asking for text pops up, but it does not have focus. I have to use the mouse to click on it.

Is there any way to have automator open this window with the focus on the text input?

Answer 1

Add some applescript to the top of your workflow with the following code. Just replace myapp with your app name

tell application "myapp"
activate
end tell