AppleScript: Open a new window in current space without switching to active window in another space

Question

I want to have an application open a new window in the current space without switching to a space in which a window is already open, but I want to keep the

When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application

setting in System Preferences > Mission Control.

In other words, I want to tell an application to open a new window directly, without first telling it to activate.

How can I do this with AppleScript (if possible)?

Answer 1

Some applications have an action for opening a new window in their Dock context menu.

Other options for different applications:

tell application "TextEdit"
    make new document
    activate
end tell

tell application "Safari"
    make new document at end of documents with properties {URL:"http://g.co"}
    activate
end tell

tell application "Terminal"
    do script ""
    activate
end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTerm"
    click menu item "New Window" of menu "Shell" of menu bar 1
    set frontmost to true
end tell

tell application "Google Chrome"
    make new window
    activate
end tell