I have been slightly losing my mind trying to figure this out so I would REALLY appreciate any help 
As the title suggests, I want to grab a Hover UI Element value, specifically the "AXTitle" value, so I can use that app name in a subsequent script. I have been able to set variable before but the window was focused, however in this case I want to grab a value from an ICON not a window which has been making my life a bit more complicated.
Hi @frankmak,
Using the below AppleScript, it will output the value of AXTitle of the app icon you're currently hovering over in the Dock.
The script starts with
delay 4to give you four seconds to hover over an icon in the Dock before the script runs and outputs the name of the hovered app.
delay 4 -- wait until you hover over an icon in the Dock
-- Ensure System Events (UI scripting) is allowed in Accessibility preferences.
tell application "System Events"
-- Access the Dock application’s UI elements
tell process "Dock"
tell list 1 -- the list of Dock items (apps, folders, Trash, etc.)
try
-- Find the first dock item that is not a separator and is 'selected' (hovered)
set hoveredItem to first UI element whose subrole is not "AXSeparatorDockItem" and selected is true
-- Retrieve the AXTitle attribute (app name) of the hovered Dock item
set hoveredName to value of attribute "AXTitle" of hoveredItem
-- Alternative: AppleScript exposes AXTitle as the 'title' property
-- e.g., set hoveredName to title of hoveredItem
display dialog hoveredName with title "Dock Hovered App"
on error
-- If no Dock icon is hovered or an error occurs, return a message
return "No Dock icon is currently hovered or accessible."
end try
end tell
end tell
end tell
Fun fact, ChatGPT Deep Research was able to produce this AppleScript in one shot!
thank you so much!!