ozmike Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 HiWhat I want to do is detect whenever a some text is highlighted/selected in any window..is there a highlighted event? I could try to detect mouse drag event perhaps? But it would be better to be able to detect generically when something is highlighted/selected. . One solution is to backup the clipboard contents and then do a copy and if the clipboard is not empty then you know if something is highlighted/selected. But this requires polling etc.I have tried detecting mouse up events , but when a mouse up event happens -on a menu the ^C (copy) - the system beeps.Is there a is selected /highlighted event..in windows /autoit?mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somdcomputerguy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 This function may help - ControlCommand. - Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 IIRC there was another user who asked a similar question some time ago but unfortunatley there was no solution. Why do you want to detect selected text? What do you want to do with the selected text? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Hi.There might be a constraint, resulting from the fact, that "highlighting something" can be a time consuming process, and not a single point of time: Assume a user working in word, then start to drag, drag-down, drag-even-more-down, ups, too far, drag back upwards some lines / words, then release the mouse button. During all this time there IS something highlighted.Beside this: To sit and watch out for "user's input content" is always suspicios to be (ab)used for some kind of (key)logging -- what's your exact intention, please?Regards, Rudi.<edit: typo> Edited November 27, 2012 by rudi Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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