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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  15:01:10  Show Profile
Hi,
i tried to return the usefull alt+tab for switching application after a mouse gesture,
my try failed.. , is it possible ?
I hope because ur soft seems really awesome !

thanks for any help,
gui

chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  15:13:05  Show Profile
just to be more accurate, i am on win 8.1 and i tried acSendKeys("^%{TAB}")
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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  15:25:27  Show Profile
seems work now but it doesn't reproduce the same as alt+tab , i mean with native alt+tab i can switch directly between 2 applications, and with the gesture it continue to select the next application, i cannot switching only with two; For developpement environement its problematic
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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  15:51:15  Show Profile
OK i made some progress its no more far away now, i understud whats wrong:
If you want to reproduce the human action alt+tab and switching only with two applications,
you have to release an alt final, this mean in fact the action should:
(alt+tab)( then release tab key) , (then release alt key) .
Is it possible to simulate release button like this ? im afraid answer is no..
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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  16:32:35  Show Profile
ok after many test.. its very strange because it appear i can reproduce exactly my need when i press Alt and Tab on my keyboard in same time and release both keys in same time, so i don't understand why acSendKeys("^%{TAB}")
doesn't work as wanted, perhaps the release state lacking, i don't konw..
If some guru can help, it will be warmly welcome..
a shortcut keyboard solution will be fine too.. Objectif is to perform the alt+tab by clicking only on one key, or with some mouse gesture;

hope my english is not too terrible..
gui
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Rob

USA
2615 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  16:38:16  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
The problem is that when you press Alt+Tab physically, Windows intercepts and handles the keyboard at that point in time; it takes control away from the application.

When you inject that keystroke (as is the case with S+), the first key sequence is received, but after that, Windows takes control of keyboard input and ignores any keystrokes from S+.
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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  16:46:54  Show Profile
Thnaks for help Rob,

I believe i understand, so there are no solutions at all for that right ?! :(
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Rob

USA
2615 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  16:59:18  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
acPreviousApplication() is the closest to an Alt+Tab function in S+.

However, I use this quite regularly with good results; it lets me scroll up or down through all main windows.

So I click and hold the right button, click Left once, then scroll the mouse wheel up or down to "tab" through all open applications.


Global Lua:
Add these for use by the Actions


bTaskMode = 0
iTaskCount = 0
iTaskPosition = 0


Cycle Apps Down Action:
No Gesture specified, Left Button and Scroll Down modifiers, with Fire Recognition on Mouse Wheel Scroll* enabled in Preferences


if bTaskMode == 0 then
	bTaskMode = 1
	acGetAllWindows(1)
	for num, handle in pairs(sp_all_windows) do 
		iTaskCount = iTaskCount + 1
	end
end
local iStartingPosition = iTaskPosition
::top::
iTaskPosition = iTaskPosition + 1
if iTaskPosition >= iTaskCount then
	iTaskPosition = 0
end

--get the window class to test for excluded windows
local sClass = acGetClassName(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition],0,0) 

--exclude these windows
if sClass ~= "SearchPane" and sClass ~= "Shell_CharmWindow" 
and sClass ~= "ImmersiveLauncher" and sClass ~= "Snapped Desktop" 
and sClass ~= "ImmersiveBackgroundWindow" 
and sClass ~= "NativeHWNDHost" 
and sClass ~= "MetroGhostWindow" then
	--if the window is minimized, restore it
	if aIsIconic(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition]) ~= 0 then
		acRestoreWindow(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition])
	end
	--activate the window
	acActivateWindow(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition])
else
	--the line below ensures the script won't get 
        --stuck in a recursive loop
	--if there are only excluded windows present
	if iTaskPosition ~= iStartingPosition then
		goto top
	end
end

Cycle Apps Up Action:
No Gesture specified, Left Button and Scroll Up modifiers, with Fire Recognition on Mouse Wheel Scroll* enabled in Preferences


if bTaskMode == 0 then
	bTaskMode = 1
	acGetAllWindows(1)
	for num, handle in pairs(sp_all_windows) do 
		iTaskCount = iTaskCount + 1
	end
end
local iStartingPosition = iTaskPosition
::top::
iTaskPosition = iTaskPosition - 1
if iTaskPosition < 0 then
	iTaskPosition = iTaskCount-1
end

--get the window class to test for excluded windows
local sClass = acGetClassName(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition],0,0) 

--exclude these windows
if sClass ~= "SearchPane" and sClass ~= "Shell_CharmWindow" 
and sClass ~= "ImmersiveLauncher" and sClass ~= "Snapped Desktop" 
and sClass ~= "ImmersiveBackgroundWindow" 
and sClass ~= "NativeHWNDHost" 
and sClass ~= "MetroGhostWindow" then
	--if the window is minimized, restore it
	if aIsIconic(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition]) ~= 0 then
		acRestoreWindow(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition])
	end
	--activate the window
	acActivateWindow(sp_all_windows[iTaskPosition])
else
	--the line below ensures the script won't get 
        --stuck in a recursive loop
	--if there are only excluded windows present
	if iTaskPosition ~= iStartingPosition then
		goto top
	end
end
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Rob

USA
2615 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  17:00:55  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
Ack! Also, add this to Global Lua (enable Allow After Release Script* in Preferences):
function sp_after_release()
	bTaskMode = 0
	iTaskCount = 0
	iTaskPosition = 0	
end
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chagui

14 Posts

Posted - 10/17/2014 :  17:11:58  Show Profile
great ! many thanks for your support
gui
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