I want to move the currently active window to a different monitor (left or right) with Python.
The shortcut on Windows for this is usually WIN + shift + arrow key [left|right]. I tried it with a bunch of libraries, but none of them do the trick somehow.
I tried pyautogui:
pyautogui.hotkeys('shift', 'win', 'left')
The longer solution doesn't work either
pyautogui.keyDown('shift')
pyautogui.keyDown('win')
pyautogui.press('left')
pyautogui.keyUp('shift')
pyautogui.keyUp('win')
Neither does any combination of different buttons like as "winleft" or "shiftright" and such.
Changing the order of the shift and win key does also nothing more for me.
All it does is move the window to the edge of the screen (similar to WIN + left).
Then I started testing other libraries, such as pynput:
hotkey = keyboard.HotKey(
keyboard.HotKey.parse('<shift>+<cmd>+<left>'),
None
)
This one seems to be for monitoring purposes, tho.
After that, I discovered win32gui (and win32api). This one has next to no documentation that is actually helpful for anything (imho).
Does anyone know why pyautogui does not properly execute this specific shortcut and how to make it do it? Or does anyone know how to execute that shortcut in a different way?
It seems like pyautogui doesn't support this functionality for some reason. I managed to move the window with pynput, though, like this:
from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller
keyboard = Controller()
keyboard.press(Key.cmd)
keyboard.press(Key.shift)
keyboard.press(Key.left)
keyboard.release(Key.cmd)
keyboard.release(Key.shift)
keyboard.release(Key.left)
I create two windows through autohotkey and move them to my leftmost and rightmost monitor respectively (I have 3 monitors).
When I minimize them, and call them again, they are being shown on the central monitor. But I want them to be shown where they were before.
See following gif.
Following is the ahk script:
Run, Notepad
WinWait, ahk_class Notepad
WinSetTitle, asd
Run, Notepad
Sleep, 1000
WinGet, fensterID, List, ahk_class Notepad
Loop, %fensterID% { ; will run loop for number of windows in array
WinActivateBottom, % "ahk_id " fensterID%A_Index%
WinGetTitle, title, A
MsgBox, %title%
if (title == "asd")
WinMove A,, 1500, 0
else
WinMove A,, -2304, 0
WinMaximize, A
}
Meanwhile I switched to AutoIt and - having the same problem there - I found out, thanks also to this, that it works if I disable the maximized option for Windows Terminal (the actual program I was trying out with), then move and maximize the window. It should do the same with AutoHotKey.
So I have a keyboard, and it has a mode where it lights up every key you press.
I was wondering if you could physically simulate a keypress, AHK just sends it directly to the system.
However I need a way to make the keyboard light up, because AHK doesn't do that. The keyboard is not programmable.
Solutions in mostly any language are welcome.
This is not possible, you want to send a simulate keypress to your fysical keyboard. (this is i think a mechanical switch insite the keyboard self, that does do light up if you press a key) and it is only possible if the company did make a keyboard driver that allows you to change the settings (disable - light up) in the Windows Registry. (you did not give me the name of your keyboard but you can then try to searching into the registry for example software/Logitech/settings)
I want to use AutoHotkey to run a program and send some keystrokes.
But I don't get it to work. The program pops up, and then nothing happens.
Here is what I have so far:
run, c:\windows\sysnative\gfxv4_0.exe
WinActivate, "Intel(R) Graphics Control Panel"
SendInput {Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Tab}{Enter}
Just for testing, I have also tried to send some keys to notepad, but that doesn't work either. The notepad window pops up, but then nothing:
run notepad.exe
WinActivate "Unbenannt - Editor"
SendInput abc{Tab}{Tab}xyz
I have also tried WinActivate without parameters, but no results either. Have also tried with Send, SendPlay, SendEvent and SendRaw. No change.
System is Windows 8.1 64 Bit, latest Service Packs.
Core i7, 8 GB, 2 screens.
Remove the quotes
The parameters of AHK commands are literal strings unless specified otherwise in the help for a command or you explicitly make the parameter an expression: WinActivate, % "some string"
Wait for the window to appear before activating it because launching an application takes time:
WinWait Intel(R) Graphics Control Panel
Maybe there's ® instead of (R). Use the exact window title text from Window Spy application that comes with AutoHotkey.
Is there a way to clear the "Run" console in PyCharm?
I want a code that delete/hide all the print() made previously.
Like the "clear_all" button, but without having to press it manually.
I have read that there is a way to do it in a terminal with os.system("cls"), but in PyCharm, it only adds a small square without clearing anything.
Also, I don't want to use print("\n" *100) since I don't want to be able to scroll back and see the previous prints.
In Pycharm:
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all";
Double click -> Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Pycharm Community Edition 2020.1.3
You can right click anywhere above the current line on the console, and choose the "Clear All" option. It'll clear the console
How to
Download this package https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui. It allows python to send key strokes.
You may have to install some other packages first
If you are installing PyAutoGUI from PyPI using pip:
Windows has no dependencies. The Win32 extensions do not need to be
installed.
OS X needs the pyobjc-core and pyobjc module installed (in that
order).
Linux needs the python3-xlib (or python-xlib for Python 2) module
installed.
Pillow needs to be installed, and on Linux you may need to install additional libraries to make sure Pillow's PNG/JPEG works correctly. See:
Set a keyboard shortcut for clearing the run window in pycharm as explained by Taylan Aydinli
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all"; Double click ->
Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Then if you set the keyboard shortcut for 'clear all' to Command + L use this in your python script
import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Example program
This will clear the screen after the user types an input.
If you aren't focused on the tool window then your clear hot-key won't work, you can see this for yourself if you try pressing your hot-key while focused on, say, the editor, you won't clear the embedded terminals contents.
PyAutoGUI has no way of focusing on windows directly, to solve this you can try to find the coordinate where the run terminal is located and then send a left click to focus, if you don't already know the coordinates where you can click your mouse you can find it out with the following code:
import pyautogui
from time import sleep
sleep(2)
print(pyautogui.position())
An example of output:
(2799, 575)
and now the actual code:
import pyautogui
while True:
input_1 = input("?")
print(input_1)
pyautogui.click(x=2799, y=575)
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Easy Method:
Shortcut: Control K,
Right click on terminal and clear Buffer
There's also another way of doing it using the system class from os. All you need to do is have this code:
from os import system, name
# define our clear function
def clear():
# for windows the name is 'nt'
if name == 'nt':
_ = system('cls')
# and for mac and linux, the os.name is 'posix'
else:
_ = system('clear')
# Then, whenever you want to clear the screen, just use this clear function as:
clear()
However, in order for this functionality to work in pycharm, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console". You can find this under edit configuration of the file where you want to use the clear function, then it's under Execution option. Here's a screenshot: pycharm screensho
You could just do a ("\n" * 100000000), so it'll be impossible to scroll back.
In PyCharm terminal you can type 'cls' just like in linux terminal.
For Python Console (where you see the output) assign a shortkey for "clear all" in File -> Settings -> Keymap -> Other -> "Clear all"
You can also click somewhere on the PythonConsole -> Right button -> clear.
Hope it helps
I just relised that instead of going to the trouble of setting up a shortcut, you could just set up a command using PyAutoGUI to click on the trash bin on the side of the window e.g
note, to install pyautogui click on the end of the import pyautogui line, then press alt+enter and click install pyautogui.
import pyautogui
# to find the coordinates of the bin...
from time import sleep
sleep(2) # hover your mouse over bin in this time
mousepos = pyautogui.position() gets current pos of mouse
x,y = mousepos # storing mouse position
print(mousepos) # prints current pos of mouse
# then to clear it;
pyautogui.click(x, y) # and just put this line of code wherever you want to clear it
(this isn't perfect thanks to the time it takes to run the code and using the mouse, but it is reasonable solution depending on what you are using it for.)
I hope this answer is helpful even though this is an old question.
Just click the trash can icon to the left of the command window and it clears the command history!
In PyCharm 2019.3.3 you can right click and select "Clear All" button.This is deleting all written data inside of the console and unfortunately this is manual.
Sorry to say this, here the main question is how to do it programmatically means while my code is running I want my code to clear previous data and at some stage and then continue running the code. It should work like reset button.
After spending some time on research I solved my problem using Mahak Khurmi's solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/67543234/16878188.
If you edit the run configuration you can enable "emulate terminal in output console" and you can use the os.system("cls") line and it will work normally.
Iconman had the easiest answer.
But simply printing "\n" * 20 (or whatever your terminal height is) will clear the screen, and the only difference is that the cursor is at the bottom.
I came here because I wanted to visually see how long each step of a complex process was taking (I'm implementing a progress bar), and the terminal is already full of scrolling logging information.
I ended up printing ("A" * 40) * 20, and then "B" and "C" etc., and then filming it. Reviewing the video made it easy to see how many seconds each step took. Yes I know I could use time-stamps, but this was fun!