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--- function:WINDOW [2016/05/14 16:59] – add forum link + forum Google search alain
+++ function:WINDOW [2023/09/20 08:33] (current) – peternlewis
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-The WINDOW() function takes one or two parameters and returns information about a window.  With one parameter, it refers to the window that that action is operating on in actions like the [Manipulate a Window](action:Manipulate a Window).  If the action does not refer to a window, then the function refers to the main/focussed/front window.  With two parameters, the first parameter specifies which window in the front application to operate on.
+====== WINDOW Function ======
-The first parameter may be:
+The WINDOW() function returns the desired coordinate of the specified window, and can have one or two parameters.
-* 0: the main or action window.
+====== Usage ======
+  - WINDOW(Coordinate)
+  - WINDOW(Index, Coordinate)
+With two parameters, the first parameter specifies which window in the front application to operate on. With only one parameter, the *Index* is assumed to be the window of the Action in which the *WINDOW()* function is used (like the [[action:Manipulate_a_Window|Manipulate a Window]] action), or the frontmost window if the Action does not refer to a window.
+====== Parameters ======
+The first parameter, *Index*, which is optional, may be:
+* 0: the frontmost window of the frontmost app.
 * Positive Number: the indexed window from front to back.
 * Negative Number: the indexed window from back to front.
-The second parameter specifies the desired *coordinate* and can be:
+The second parameter, `Coordinate`, specifies the desired *coordinate* to be returned, and can be:
 * Left
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 * MidY
-The WINDOW() function returns the desired coordinate of the specified window.
-===== See Also =====
+====== See Also ======
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+===== Actions =====
-=== Actions ===
+* [[action:Manipulate a Window|Manipulate a Window]] action
+* [[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]] action
-* [[action:Manipulate a Window|Manipulate a Window]]
+* [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]] action
-* [[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]]
 * [[:Actions|See all Actions]]
-=== Functions ===
+===== Functions =====
-* [[function:MENUBARHEIGHT|MENUBARHEIGHT()]]
+* [[MENUBARHEIGHT]]
-* [[function:MOUSEBUTTON|MOUSEBUTTON()]]
+* [[MOUSEBUTTON]]
-* [[function:MOUSEX|MOUSEX()]]
+* [[MOUSEX]]
-* [[function:MOUSEY|MOUSEY()]]
+* [[MOUSEY]]
-* [[function:SCREEN|SCREEN()]]
+* [[SCREEN]]
-* [[function:SCREENCOUNT|SCREENCOUNT()]]
+* [[SCREENCOUNT]]
-* [[function:SCREENVISIBLE|SCREENVISIBLE()]]
+* [[SCREENVISIBLE]]
-* [[function:WINDOWCOUNT|WINDOWCOUNT()]]
+* [[SCREENINDEX]]
+* [[WINDOWCOUNT]]
 * [[:Functions|See all Functions]]
-=== Tokens ===
+===== Tokens =====
-* [[token:WindowSize|%WindowSize%]]
+* [[:token:FrontWindowName|%FrontWindowName%]] token
+* [[:token:WindowName|%WindowName%]] token
+* [[token:WindowSize|%WindowSize%]] token
 * [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]]
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+===== Forum =====
-==== Forum ====
 - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/send-the-front-most-window-to-back-bring-the-back-to-front/2226/19|Send the front most window to back? bring the back to front?]]
 - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/i-need-a-conditional-if-there-are-two-monitors/3031/5|I need a conditional if there are two monitors]]
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=WINDOW|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Window function]]
-- [[https://www.google.fr/search?q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Found+Image+condition|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Window function]]