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[JasonA]

Hello,

ever since version 32 of Google Chrome, AHK/Window Spy no longer can see the active url in the url bar.

For example, this no longer works:

ControlGetText, str, % "Chrome_OmniboxView" Chr( 48 + A_Index )

 

The only way is to interrupt the user and Send,!d then Send ^c which is not desired.

 

Can someone figure out a way to find the url of the active open tab in Google Chrome?

 

Even desperate enough for a Chrome extension or to use a developer build etc.

 

Will gladly reward whoever provides a working solution!

 

Thanks,
Jason

[uname]

Best Answer

hwndChrome := WinExist("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1")
AccChrome := Acc_ObjectFromWindow(hwndChrome)
AccAddressBar := GetElementByName(AccChrome, "Address and search bar")
MsgBox % AccAddressBar.accValue(0)

GetElementByName(AccObj, name) {
   if (AccObj.accName(0) = name)
      return AccObj
   
   for k, v in Acc_Children(AccObj)
      if IsObject(obj := GetElementByName(v, name))
         return obj
}

Acc.ahk required

[JasonA]

Wow thank you - truly helped. I sent you a PM.

 

Can you see if we can grab the contents on the webpage as well? (without having to URLDownloadtoFile the url ...it would speed things up dramatically for us)

[Jimmy2Times]

(hit save twice oops)

Edited by Payam, 19 May 2014 - 11:35 PM.

[Jimmy2Times]

Can anyone assist?

Would like to grab the currently loaded contents of the webpage (i.e. the body) as well? (without having to URLDownloadtoFile the url ...it would speed things up dramatically for us)

[atnbueno]

Thanks uname. Your code has cleared up a problem I had with aac.ahk.

 

A small warning: the string "Address and search bar" is locale dependant (that is, it depends on the language of your Windows version). For me it's "Barra de direcciones y de búsqueda " (yes, with an space at the end, and because of the accented "u" it needs to be ANSI encoded :-P).

 

Also, Payam, you may find useful to play a bit with AccViewer.ahk. For what I've seen with a quick look, the source of the webpage is not acessible directly via ACC.

 

 

Regards,

Antonio

[atnbueno]

Hello again.
 
I found a workaround for the language issue and I've assembled a script to find the current URL in most modern browsers (even some future ones )
 
If you look at the code you'll see uname's influence
 
 
Regards,
Antonio

[yukisaw]

Ty, Uname.

I change this code for any locale, maybe someone need it.

Function:

GetElementByText(AccObj, text) {
	try
   if (AccObj.accValue(0) = text)
      return AccObj
   
   for k, v in Acc_Children(AccObj)
      if IsObject(obj := GetElementByText(v, text))
         return obj
}

SubFunction:

GetAddressBar:
	send !{vk44sc02} ; ALT+D
	back := clipboard
	clipboard :=
	send ^{vk43sc02e} ;CTRL+C
	ClipWait
		send GetAddress
		hwndChrome := WinExist("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1")
		AccChrome := Acc_ObjectFromWindow(hwndChrome)
		Address := GetElementByText(AccChrome, "GetAddress")
	send ^{vk41sc01e} ; CTRL+A
	send ^{vk56sc02f} ; CTRL+V
	sleep 100
	clipboard := back
		Addr := 1
return

Call:

$^Left::
ifWinActive ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
	{
if Addr != 1
GoSub GetAddressBar
	Chrome_Address := Address.accValue(0)
;any code what you want
;like this:	if RegExMatch(Chrome_Address, "autohotkey\.com")
}
return

Acc.ahk required.