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| ====== Found Image ====== | ====== Found Image ====== | ||
| - | Although it is generally better to use high level actions like Press Button or Resize Window, it is sometimes necessary to resort to looking at the screen for a specific image and responding appropriately (behaving differently if it exists, clicking on it, moving things to it, etc). | + | Although it is generally better to use high level actions like [[action:Press_a_Button|Press Button]] or [[action:Resize_a_Window|Resize Window]] action, it is sometimes necessary to resort to looking at the screen for a specific image and responding appropriately (behaving differently if it exists, clicking on it, moving things to it, etc). |
| There are various actions ([[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]], [[action:Find Image on Screen|Find Image on Screen]], [[condition:Found Image|conditions]] and [[collection:Found Images|collections]] that search the screen for a matching image. | There are various actions ([[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]], [[action:Find Image on Screen|Find Image on Screen]], [[condition:Found Image|conditions]] and [[collection:Found Images|collections]] that search the screen for a matching image. | ||
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| * You can search in all screens, or on a specific screen. | * You can search in all screens, or on a specific screen. | ||
| * Alternatively, you can search within a specific window. | * Alternatively, you can search within a specific window. | ||
| + | * However, the window must be in the frontmost, active, application, in order for it to be seen by this Action. | ||
| * Or you can search within a specific area on the screen. | * Or you can search within a specific area on the screen. | ||
| * For instructions on how to get data for area, see [Determine Location of Area to Search for Found Image](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/using-mouse-display-window-to-get-window-specific-locations/7112/9) | * For instructions on how to get data for area, see [Determine Location of Area to Search for Found Image](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/using-mouse-display-window-to-get-window-specific-locations/7112/9) | ||
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| {{ action:click-found-image-action-example.png?nolink&503x407 | Click at Found Image Example }} | {{ action:click-found-image-action-example.png?nolink&503x407 | Click at Found Image Example }} | ||
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| + | Note that in the above screen shot, the `WINDOW(0,Left)` function is referring to the frontmost window in the frontmost app. To refer to other windows in the frontmost app, you need to change the `index` parameter of the [[function:WINDOW|WINDOW function]]. | ||
| ===== Search Speed and Accuracy ===== | ===== Search Speed and Accuracy ===== | ||
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