Moving a GUI

[benzrf]

Is there a way to move a GUI you created without using WinMove? It seems to me that WinMove is a bit sloppy (could register something else or glitch if you have two instances open?).

I can find numerous ways to move controls around in a GUI, but I can't figure out any way to move the GUI itself!

[JohnOne]

It seems to me that WinMove is a bit sloppy (could register something else or glitch if you have two instances open?).

When you have a handle to your GUI I doubt it will "glitch" as windows cannot share the same handle.

[sleepydvdr]

Is there a way to move a GUI you created without using WinMove? It seems to me that WinMove is a bit sloppy (could register something else or glitch if you have two instances open?).

I can find numerous ways to move controls around in a GUI, but I can't figure out any way to move the GUI itself!

What's sloppy about it? It is very precise. You can use WinGetPos to find it's current position and move it to a precise number of pixels in x and y coordinates. Example:

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("My Window", 280, 180, -1, -1)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Move", 88, 64, 75, 25)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button1
            $currentPosition = WinGetPos("My Window")
            WinMove("My Window", "", $currentPosition[0] + 50, $currentPosition[1] - 50)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[JohnOne]

Indeed.

Or WinMove($Form1, "", $currentPosition[0] + 50, $currentPosition[1] - 50); theres no getting crossed wires there.

[benzrf]

Ohhhhhh... I didn't realize you could use a handle in WinMove. Thanks!

[Melba23]

benzrf,

You can always use the handle in place of "title" in any native AutoIt function - but do not forget to set the "text" parameter to "" if you do.

M23