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action:Manipulate_a_Window [2016/06/24 18:58]
JMichaelTX [1. Operation Choices] ADD units are points
action:Manipulate_a_Window [2019/08/02 00:02]
peternlewis
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 ====== Manipulate a Window Action ====== ====== Manipulate a Window Action ======
  
-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). ​+The //​**Manipulate a Window**// [[:​Actions|Action]] allows you to operate ​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). ​
  
-:!:  **Note: ​ All units are in //points//, not //​pixels//​**, as stated on several of the //​**Manipulate a Window**// Actions.  So a retina screen will have half as many points ​as pixels. ​ See the [[function:​SCREEN|SCREEN function]] for more info.+:!:  **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.
  
 This action is in the //Interface Control// Action Category, and the default configuration is set for the **//Resize Front Window to Points//** Operation: This action is in the //Interface Control// Action Category, and the default configuration is set for the **//Resize Front Window to Points//** Operation:
  
-{{:​action:​km-manipulate-window-action.png?​nolink|}} +{{:​action:​km-manipulate-window-action-no-points.png?​nolink|}}
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 ===== Configuration Options ===== ===== Configuration Options =====
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   - **Application** that contains the Window   - **Application** that contains the Window
  
 +==== 1. Action Choices ====
  
----- +All units (except percent) are in //nominal resolution ​pixels//.
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-==== 1. Action Choices ==== +
-All units (except percent) are in points, even though the Action says "pixels".+
  
   *Scale size by.   *Scale size by.
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   *the window with title.   *the window with title.
   *windows with title containing.   *windows with title containing.
-  *the window with window index.+  ​*windows with title matching regular expression. 
 +  ​*the window with window index (Z-order, negative windows order from the back (eg -1 is last window))
  
 ==== 3. Application Choices ==== ==== 3. Application Choices ====
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   *Select from list of running, recent, or available applications   *Select from list of running, recent, or available applications
   *Front Application   *Front Application
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 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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 === Actions === === Actions ===
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 * [[token:​WindowSize|%WindowSize%]] * [[token:​WindowSize|%WindowSize%]]
 * [[:​Tokens|See all Tokens]] * [[:​Tokens|See all Tokens]]
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 ==== Forum ==== ==== Forum ====
  
 +- [[https://​forum.keyboardmaestro.com/​t/​how-do-i-resize-a-window-on-my-external-monitor-screen/​6952/​15?​u=jmichaeltx | Tips by @PeterNLewis]]
 - [[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/​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]]
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 - [[https://​forum.keyboardmaestro.com/​t/​close-window-missing-quickeys-user-wants-to-know/​3278/​2|Close Window missing? Quickeys user wants to know!]] - [[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://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=%22Close%20Window%22|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]] +- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=%22Move%20Window%22|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Move Window]]
action/Manipulate_a_Window.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/12 01:10 by peternlewis