Is there a way to check if the root is visible (at least part of it is on the screen). I tried <tk.Tk>.winfo_viewable() and <tk.Tk>.ismapped() but both of them return True even if the window is fully hidden by another window. Checking if the window isn't focused wouldn't solve my problem.
I need it because I am working on improving this that uses <tk.Tk>.overrideredirect(True) to remove the title bar. The problem is that I can't Alt-Tab to the window so I want to call <tk.Tk>.overrideredirect(False) each time the window isn't (at least partially) visible.
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import pywinauto
from pywinauto.application import Application
PATH = 'c:/Users/User/PycharmProjects/InviterChannel/Telegram/Telegram.exe'
app = Application().start(PATH)
app.Telegram.ClickInput(coords=(330, 530)) # This is what the user should not see
Is it possible to hide the window while continuing to click in it?
How to do it?
The task is to hide from the user what the algorithm does (keyboard input, mouse clicks, etc.)
Both .click_input() and .type_keys() methods require active window.
There is only workaround for keyboard input that is sometimes possible for minimized window (after app.Telegram.minimize()):
.send_keys() and .send_keystrokes() (the difference may appear for some special keys that may work or may not).
I haven't heard about similar possibilities for mouse actions. Maybe app.Telegram.move_window(x=-1000, y=-1000) would help. The window will have negative coordinates. It will be in focus, but invisible to user. So usual .click_input() and .type_keys() should work, but these actions may bother a user. So you'll have to remember mouse cursor (by win32api.GetCursorPos()) and get it back by win32api.SetCursorPos(...) quickly. Also need to switch focus back to previous active window.
P.S. I'm in doubt moving Telegram window would work, because it's not movable by hands as far as I remember. They made some defense against this probably. :)
When I start up my PyQt GUI, the focus immediately goes to the text box.
I want there to be no focus on any of the buttons at the start of the program, especially not the text box.
Is there a way to remove the focus entirely or at least move the focus to a button or something?
Thanks
clearFocus() seems to work after a certain amount of delay after the window is visible. I also used setFocus() on the QMainWindow and then the textedit field lost focus.
Create a button with dimensions 0 wide by 0 high.
Set it as the default button and also early in the tab order before the other controlls that except focus; but note that it will be triggered if the user presses ENTER in some edit controls.
Call self.ui.yourbutton.setFocus() if desired for example after restore from minimized
Our Company recently upgraded to Office 2013 since we want to use SharePoint 2013.
We had several issues with the new Office Version but Microsoft has already solved some of them.
Anyways, one thing sitll grinds my gears:
Excel or Word sometimes starts invisible. It is visible in the Taskbar but the window doesnt pop up. I can click on the Icon in the taskbar but it doesn't change anything. The only way i figured out to show the window, is to use [Windows] + [Arrow Keys].
I can't tell the constellation why this is happening but most of the time it is if there isn't already another instance of the program running.
I don't have Office 2013 at home to reconstruct this but I have seen this on different Computers at our Office.
Now does anybody know about this issue?
What can I do about it?
Is it known to Microsoft?
Any help is appreciated.
I don't think that it's invisible, it's just starting off screen somewhere. Perhaps on a second monitor that is no longer there (or moved virtually to the other side). The [Windows] + [Arrows Keys] just moves the window onscreen where you can see it.
Alternatively, you could hover the mouse over the icon on the task bar, right click on the preview window and then select Move (if Move is grayed out, select restore and repeat). Then, hit any [Arrow Key] (this will attach your mouse to the window caption bar) then move your mouse (without clicking anything) until the window shows up on screen.
By doing this you can figure out what side of the screen the application is opening up (not that knowing helps much). Excel should just show up where ever you had it last, but it will not remember it's location if you snap it to the sides or top of the screen (which is what you were doing); It will only remember the Normal View size and position of the window.
My workaround for this bug is to click the Taskbar icon for the new (invisible) window while it's active, which minimizes the window, then click it again to restore it. Then it becomes visible.
I have the same issue, and it's definitely an invisible window, not off-screen (see workaround below).
It only happens in specific circumstances: when opening a second word doc from a sharepoint/office 365 location, the second doc gets a taskbar icon, but no visible content, so the first doc is still visible (but the second doc is invisibly in front of it).
The workaround is to click the minimise button on the first doc. Nothing will appear to happen because it's the invisible second doc window that receives the click event. Then select the icon on the task bar to make it reappear, properly visible.
I have a MFC dialog based application. User can change the language of the dialog, and I made this by closing existing dialog, and opening another with changed language. The problem is that the effect in the taskbar is that one icon is removed, and another identical is created in its place. If my application's icon is not the last icon in the task bar it will be perceived as it was moved to the end of taskbar icon set.
I want to retain icon's position in the taskbar, and rather to prevent icon flicker at all from happening. How do I do that?
The application must support OS'es from Windows XP to Windows 7.
EDIT: alternative question for which I would accept an answer is how to create an invisible window that is nevertheless shown in the taskbar, and how to forward relevant window messages from that window to my main window?
Make the dialog a child of another outer parent window. The parent can be a dialog or any other kind of window; all it will be providing is the title bar. If the user tries to resize it it will have to forward resizing commands to the dialog, but otherwise you shouldn't need to do much in the parent window.
Why not replace the dialog with a CFormView instead? That way there's a frame window that wraps around the dialog (which is embedded in a form view) and it's the frame window that owns the taskbar icon.
Create an SDI application that displays a CFormView. Display the dialog in the default language (or whatever langauge the user previously chose) on initialization. When the user chooses the 'change language' option, simply change the form view that's being displayed with a new one.
Bonus feature: with this design, the framework will take care of things like language-specific accelerators and menus for you with no effort on your part.
For more on how to do this, check out http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-d/doc_view/viewmanagement/article.php/c3341/Multiple-Views-Using-SDI.htm
I am trying to create a dockable window in Qt (it sits taking 4px width at the edge of the screen, always on top and it slides out when you hover it). I have to use WindowFlag BypassX11WindowManager (in order to hide taskbar hint, disable moving/resizing/etc. from window manager). I use these flags:
Qt::FramelessWindowHint
Qt::CustomizeWindowHint
Qt::X11BypassWindowManagerHint
Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint
When I need my dock to be activated, I use the activateWindow() method. However, I have no idea, how to deactivate it.
Is there a way I can force my window deactivate? Now I can do it only by clicking another window and then return to the one that was active before revealing dock.
You should be able to use ->hide() to simply hide it if you don't want it to appear at certain points.
I assume, by the way, you know there is QDockWidget/ class that may help you as well. It's unclear from the above if you're using it or not.