[Gambas-user] New to Gambas - coding question how to find the active window on an Ubuntu 7.10 desktop

[Khos]

Hi,

Where could I find the project, is it on
http://freshmeat.net/projects/wmctrl/ ?
Thanks
Kim


Stefano Palmeri wrote:
> 
> Alle 20:30, giovedì 24 gennaio 2008, Khos ha scritto:
>> Thanks Stefano,
>> Appreciate your input, I wonder if there is a way to include this wmctrl
>> util when I compile my Gambas application? any ideas?
>>
>> Bye for now,
>> Kim
> 
> Look for the project I sent today. You don't need anymore wmctrl.
> 
> Stefano
>>
>> Stefano Palmeri wrote:
>> > Alle 19:43, mercoledì 23 gennaio 2008, Khos ha scritto:
>> >> Hi again,
>> >> I am still struggling to do this, I have started searching for
>> >> shell/terminal commands I could try use because  e.g. using shell
>> >> xwininfo
>> >> will allow me to hover the mouse over a window, then I click and it
>> will
>> >> give some info of that window I clicked on...but how can I do this
>> >> without
>> >> having to click on the window? I just want to be able to hover over
>> any
>> >> window and it should give me the windows info (size, is it he active
>> win
>> >> etc etc). Any ideas? desktop,find won't so this I think.. could you
>> lok
>> >> into this for me and provide some guidance?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Kim
>> >
>> > Hi, Kim.
>> >
>> > All you need is this little utility:
>> >
>> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/wmctrl/
>> >
>> > after compiling and installing, simply open a lot of windows
>> > and the run
>> >
>> > wmctrl -l
>> >
>> > it will list all windows on your desktop. The little program has a lot
>> > of options that will help you. See man page or "wmctrl --help"
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Stefano
>> >
>> >> Benoit Minisini wrote:
>> >> > On dimanche 20 janvier 2008, Khos wrote:
>> >> >> Thanks Jose and Oh master of Gambas :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I will have a look at Jose's info but Benoit.. I have tried to use
>> >> >> Desktop.Find() but the documentation was not so understandable for
>> >> >> me. It would seem like a much simpler way with this. Does this
>> >> >> function
>> >>
>> >> get
>> >>
>> >> >> all the windows titles and put it into an array? if so how would
>> you
>> >> >> know which
>> >> >> one is the active window? there are no sample codes on how to use
>> >> >> this function, unless you could point to some, I would appreciate
>> >> >> your efforts very much :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Many thanks for the help so far folks!
>> >> >> Kind regards
>> >> >> Kim
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know if it is possible to know the active window with X
>> >> > Window. Maybe
>> >> > the desktop manager stores a property about it in the root window?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Benoit Minisini
>> >>
>> >>
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