Move Window Down One Pixel

[JohnnyDepth 0]

Hi all,

 

Is there a way to store a window's coordinates in a variable, subtract one from each coordinate, and then move the window to the new coordinates?  I want the window to move slightly.

I am thinking i will need to use the wingetpos, somehow store it in a variable, then winmove with the new coordinates after subtracting one from the variable and applying it to the winmove.

 

Any help? I am not sure how to store the coordinates in a variable from the wingetpos.

 

Thanks

[spudw2k 166]

Yes you can.  The WinGetPos function returrn an Array with the X, Y, Width and Height values of a desired "window".  You can then reference the appropriate Array element for the coordinate values and provide them to the WinMove function.

;pseudo-code
$aWinPos = WinGetPos("title")

;                   X Pos      Y Pos + 1
WinMove("title",$aWinPos[0],$aWinPos[1]+1)

 

Edited February 17, 2016 by spudw2k

[JohnnyDepth 0]

32 minutes ago, spudw2k said:

Yes you can.  The WinGetPos function returrn an Array with the X, Y, Width and Height values of a desired "window".  You can then reference the appropriate Array element for the coordinate values and provide them to the WinMove function.

;pseudo-code
$aWinPos = WinGetPos("title")

;                   X Pos      Y Pos + 1
WinMove("title",$aWinPos[0],$aWinPos[1]+1)

 

Thank you for the help! I didn't know you could do that.  How would you do this if you wanted it to do this for which ever window is active, regardless of what the title is? 

[spudw2k 166]

There is another function which will give you the "active" window...namely WinGetHandle("").  Proving an empty string ("") to the function returns the handle of the active window.  

Keep in mind the logic will be different to keep all windows "below a line" for example.  You wouldn't want to just continuously add to the window position, but set a limit/threshold or finite position value(s).  Also be aware of window size to compensate for a window position that might cause a window to overhang the desktop.

[InunoTaishou 179]

Local $hWnd_active_window = WinGetHandle("[Active]")
Local $win_pos = WinGetPos($hWnd_active_window)

WinMove($hWnd_active_window, "", $win_pos[0], $win_pos[1] + 1)

 

[JohnnyDepth 0]

Thanks for all the help!