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- | The Manipulate a Window action allows you to work with a specified window in a specified application. | + | {{:action:window-icon.png?nolink |}} |
+ | ====== Manipulate a Window Action ====== | ||
- | {{:action:manipulatewindow.png|100}} | + | The //**Manipulate a Window**// [[:Actions|Action]] allows you to operation on a window, in a specified application, with a wide variety of actions like scale, move, resize, bring to front, etc. (see complete list below). |
- | Select the operation on the window. As you choose various operations other selections become possible. For example, if you select //Scale size by// then you will be able to specify width and height. | + | :!: **Note: All units are in //nominal resolution pixels// (sometimes called points), not //raw pixels//**. So a typical retina screen will have half as many nominal resolution pixels as raw pixels. See the [[function:SCREEN|SCREEN function]] for more info. |
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+ | This action is in the //Interface Control// Action Category, and the default configuration is set for the **//Resize Front Window to Points//** Operation: | ||
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+ | {{:action:km-manipulate-window-action-no-points.png?nolink|}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Configuration Options ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You will need to select (by popup button ( {{:action:km-double-vertical-arrows.png?nolink|}} )) a choice for each of the following: | ||
+ | - **Operation** to perform | ||
+ | - **Window** to act on | ||
+ | - **Application** that contains the Window | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 1. Action Choices ==== | ||
+ | All units (except percent) are in //nominal resolution pixels//. | ||
- | Window operations: | ||
*Scale size by. | *Scale size by. | ||
*Resize by. | *Resize by. | ||
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*Move by. | *Move by. | ||
*Move to. | *Move to. | ||
- | *Move and Resize. | + | *Move and Resize |
+ | * Custom, Full Screen, Left Column, Right Column, \\ Top Half, Bottom Half, Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right. | ||
*Center. | *Center. | ||
*Center at. | *Center at. | ||
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*Bring to front. | *Bring to front. | ||
- | The Move and Resize operation has a submenu: | + | ==== 2. Window Choices ==== |
- | *Custom. | + | |
- | *Full Screen. | + | |
- | *Left Column. | + | |
- | *Right Column. | + | |
- | *Top Half. | + | |
- | *Bottom Half. | + | |
- | *Top Left. | + | |
- | *Top Right. | + | |
- | *Bottom Left. | + | |
- | *Bottom Right. | + | |
- | Select the window to work with: | ||
*the front window. | *the front window. | ||
*the window with title. | *the window with title. | ||
*windows with title containing. | *windows with title containing. | ||
- | *the window with window index. | + | *the window with window index (Z-order, negative windows order from the back (eg -1 is last window)). |
+ | ==== 3. Application Choices ==== | ||
- | Select the application to work with, including //Front Application// from the //in// pop-up. | + | *Select from list of running, recent, or available applications |
+ | *Front Application | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
- | ==== Documentation ==== | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | === Actions === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[action:Bring Application Windows to Front]] | ||
+ | * [[action:Login Window|Login Window]] | ||
+ | * [[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]] | ||
+ | * [[action:New_Google_Chrome_Window|]] | ||
+ | * [[action:New_Safari_Window]] | ||
+ | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Conditions === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[condition:Any Window|]] | ||
+ | * [[condition:Front Window|]] | ||
+ | * [[:Conditions|See all Conditions]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Functions === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[function:MENUBARHEIGHT|MENUBARHEIGHT()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:MOUSEBUTTON|MOUSEBUTTON()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:MOUSEX|MOUSEX()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:MOUSEY|MOUSEY()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:SCREEN|SCREEN()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:SCREENCOUNT|SCREENCOUNT()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:SCREENVISIBLE|SCREENVISIBLE()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:WINDOW|WINDOW()]] | ||
+ | * [[function:WINDOWCOUNT|WINDOWCOUNT()]] | ||
+ | * [[:Functions|See all Functions]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Tokens === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[token:FrontWindowFrame|%FrontWindowFrame%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:FrontWindowName|%FrontWindowName%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:FrontWindowPosition|%FrontWindowPosition%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:FrontWindowSize|%FrontWindowSize%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:WindowFrame|%WindowFrame%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:WindowName|%WindowName%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:WindowPosition|%WindowPosition%]] | ||
+ | * [[token:WindowSize|%WindowSize%]] | ||
+ | * [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]] | ||
- | * [[action:Move or Click Mouse|action:Move or Click Mouse]] | + | ---- |
- | * [[function:MENUBARHEIGHT|function:MENUBARHEIGHT]], [[function:MOUSEBUTTON|function:MOUSEBUTTON]], [[function:MOUSEX|function:MOUSEX]], [[function:MOUSEY|function:MOUSEY]], [[function:SCREEN|function:SCREEN]], [[function:SCREENCOUNT|function:SCREENCOUNT]], [[function:SCREENVISIBLE| function:SCREENVISIBLE]], [[function:WINDOW|function:WINDOW]], [[function:WINDOWCOUNT|function:WINDOWCOUNT]] | + | |
==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
+ | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/if-you-display-a-clipboard-how-do-you-explicitly-close-it-or-is-there-a-time-out-function/1279/3|If you display a clipboard, how do you explicitly close it or is there a time out function?]] | ||
- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/two-step-split-window-macro/2626|Two Step Split Window Macro]] | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/two-step-split-window-macro/2626|Two Step Split Window Macro]] | ||
- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/move-window-to-top-right/2935/2|Move window to top right]] | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/move-window-to-top-right/2935/2|Move window to top right]] | ||
- | - [[https://www.google.fr/webhp?aqs=chrome..69i57.14628j0j7&gws_rd=cr&ei=_BSvVse8Ecb9acLtidAB#q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Move+Window|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Move Window]] | + | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/close-window-missing-quickeys-user-wants-to-know/3278/2|Close Window missing? Quickeys user wants to know!]] |
+ | - [[https://www.google.fr/search?q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Close+Window|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Close Window]] | ||
+ | - [[https://www.google.fr/search?q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Move+Window|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Move Window]] | ||