Change tabs of multiple browser windows

[wouteronline55]

The situation:

- 1 PC

- 2 monitors

- 2 Chrome browser windows with 2 tabs each (the same)

What I need:

- Switch tabs in both Chrome browser windows.

I already tried different things, but I can't get it to work in both browser windows.

Can anyone help me out?

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

I already tried different things, but I can't get it to work in both browser windows.

Can you post what you tried so far?

[wouteronline55]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

Can you post what you tried so far?

I've been working with simulating CTRL + TAB, but that only works for the window that is active, not the second window. Also, worked with "If WinExists("title","unique text from left most tab") then ControlCommand and TabRight" (found in other topic) but can't get it to work.

[water]

If you want to send keystrokes you need to activate the respective window.

Search the forum for "Chrome UDF" and you will find some threads about

[wouteronline55]

If you want to send keystrokes you need to activate the respective window.

Search the forum for "Chrome UDF" and you will find some threads about

Thanks. However, what the difficult think for me is that there are 2 browser windows with each the same 2 tabs open. So, the titles are 100% the same...

[water]

Then use function WinList to get a list of all windows with this title. Pass the HWND to WinActivate and the send the required keys.

[water]

Example: Get a list of all windows with title "xxxx". Activate each window and send Ctrl+6 (switch to tab #6) .

$aWinList = WinList("xxxx")
For $i = 1 To $aWinList[0][0]
    If WinActivate($aWinList[$i][1]) <> 0 Then Send("^6")
Next

Edited February 18, 2013 by water

[wouteronline55]

Example: Get a list of all windows with title "xxxx". Activate each window and send Ctrl+6 (switch to tab #6) .

$aWinList = WinList("xxxx")
For $i = 1 To $aWinList[0][0]
If WinActivate($aWinList[$i][1]) <> 0 Then Send("^6")
Next

Thanks, that looks good. When I run it with $aWinList = WinList() it works, but when I use $aWinList = WinList("Chrome"), it doesn't.

[water]

Try this one:

#include <array.au3>
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; Match any substring in the title
$aWinList = WinList("xxxx")
_ArrayDisplay($aWinList)
For $i = 1 To $aWinList[0][0]
    If WinActivate($aWinList[$i][1]) <> 0 Then Send("^6")
Next

[wouteronline55]

Try this one:

#include <array.au3>
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ; Match any substring in the title
$aWinList = WinList("xxxx")
_ArrayDisplay($aWinList)
For $i = 1 To $aWinList[0][0]
If WinActivate($aWinList[$i][1]) <> 0 Then Send("^6")
Next

Yes, that works! Thanks a lot!

Now there is 1 more challange I need to overcome: I have a infinite (While 1) loop to constantly change the tabs. In the loop, I added a sleep() to slow down the switch. However, I need to change the sleep() statement (nr. of seconds) based on the currently selected tab.

What I need:

if(tabname contains X){

sleep(10000)

}

else{

sleep(20000)

}

I know how to create a if/else statement, but can't find the object where the tab name is stored ("tabname contains X" in example above)...

[water]

Can't you extract the name from the WIndows title? What does _ArrayDisplay return?

[wouteronline55]

Can't you extract the name from the WIndows title? What does _ArrayDisplay return?

Ah yes, I have $aWinList[$i][0] I can use for the matching. Now just need a commant to check if string contains "x"...

[water]

StringInStr?