try tell application "Firefox" try activate delay 0.1 tell application "System Events" try keystroke "l" using command down delay 0.1 keystroke "c" using command down delay 0.1 keystroke tab on error errMsg return "ERROR: System Events failed: " & errMsg end try end tell delay 0.1 return (the clipboard as text) on error errMsg return "ERROR: Firefox activation failed: " & errMsg end try end tell on error errMsg return "ERROR: Firefox application not available: " & errMsg end try