macOS user experience (UX) feedback

[smallqs]

Hello, the file chooser can be used normally on macOS, but it has a bad experience: opening the view does not immediately get the focus, I need to click on the view to get the focus

[philenius]

Hi, you are probably referring to the bad user experience (UX) as can be seen in the following screenshots?

1. Initially, the window appears in the foreground but is has no focus:
   

2. If the user clicks on the window, then it will gain focus and change its appearance accordingly:
   

I understand your issue and I think that this is bad UX, too. Honestly, I have no idea how to fix this...
As far as I know there is no parameter in osascript / AppleScript to open the file picker window and at the same time set the focus to this window. Let me know, if you know a solution to this issue.

[stuartmorgan]

FYI, you are always going to have significant usability problems with the script-based approach; applications on macOS should show UI using standard Cocoa APIs. The AppleScript command you are using is intended for utility scripts, not applications.