Here's something interesting. In at least one other window manager system that I use (one not made by MS), there is a functionality called "windowraise" - that raises a window (makes it visible, regardless of how deep down in the window stack/mess it may have been) without giving it the focus (keyboard/mouse). AFAICT, there's no function to do this in WB.
I figured out a workaround. If you give a window "stays on top", then (immediately thereafter) take it away, then it will effectively raise it (w/o giving it the focus). Like this:
mywinid = WinIdGet("Some Window title")
...
IntControl(54,mywinid,1,0,0)
IntControl(54,mywinid,0,0,0)
So, my questions are:
1) Is this the approved way?
2) Is there a better way?
You have concocted a clever way to move a window to the top of the Z-order. Of course, WinBatch now has the WindowOnTop function which offers the same functionality as the IntControl 54. Off the top, I cannot think of a better solution.
Quote from: td on September 17, 2024, 06:52:23 AMOff the top, I cannot think of a better solution.
Power Toys [I couldn't resist]
What is Power Toys? (some 3rd party app/tool?)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
I use Power Toys apps regularly. For a change, MSFT mostly got the app collection right. Of course, it is only supported on Windows 10/11 in its latest iteration.
Quoteonly supported on Windows 10/11 in its latest iteration.
Thus of absolutely no value or interest to me.
Not that I care much, since nobody wants to talk about it here, but are older versions still available for download?
Archived versions are available back to early 2022, but that doesn't help you. I am not aware of any earlier versions than 2022 being available. But I haven't conducted an extensive Web search either.
Why I love this forum #17...
This thread led me to revisit the PowerToys (it's been years...)
...which led me to rabbit trail back to the SysInternals tools that I hadn't looked at in trop longtemps...
...which led me to discover MS TF Mark Russinovich's "Case of the Unexplained" talks (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/resources/webcasts).
Wish I'd found these earlier... but I wouldn't have found them at all had Stan not mentioned the PowerToys.