WinActivateBottom

Same as WinActivate except that it activates the bottommost matching window rather than the topmost.

WinActivateBottom , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

Parameters

WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

At least one of these is required. Specify for WinTitle a window title or other criteria to identify the target window and/or for WinText a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility).

ExcludeTitle and ExcludeText can be used to exclude one or more windows by their title or text. Their specification is similar to WinTitle and WinText, except that ExcludeTitle does not recognize any criteria other than the window title.

Window titles and text are case-sensitive. By default, hidden windows are not detected and hidden text elements are detected, unless changed with DetectHiddenWindows and DetectHiddenText. By default, a window title must start with the specified WinTitle or ExcludeTitle to be a match, unless changed with SetTitleMatchMode.

Remarks

The bottommost window is typically the one least recently used, except when windows have been reordered, such as with WinSet Bottom.

If there is only one matching window, WinActivateBottom behaves identically to WinActivate.

Window groups are more advanced than this command, so consider using them for more features and flexibility.

If the window is minimized and inactive, it is automatically restored prior to being activated. [v1.1.20+]: If WinTitle is the letter "A" and the other parameters are omitted, the active window is restored. [v1.1.28.02+]: The window is restored even if it was already active.

Six attempts will be made to activate the target window over the course of 60 ms. Thus, it is usually unnecessary to follow it with the WinWaitActive command.

Unlike WinActivate, the Last Found Window cannot be used because it might not be the bottommost window. Therefore, at least one of the parameters must be non-blank.

When a window is activated immediately after another window was activated, task bar buttons may start flashing on some systems (depending on OS and settings). To prevent this, use #WinActivateForce.

WinActivate, #WinActivateForce, SetTitleMatchMode, DetectHiddenWindows, WinExist(), WinActive(), WinWaitActive, WinWait, WinWaitClose, GroupActivate

Examples

Press a hotkey to visit all open browser windows in order from oldest to newest.

#i:: ; Win+I
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
WinActivateBottom, - Microsoft Internet Explorer
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