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[raven-gm]

So I have this cute little program that makes a few menu changes periodically in firefox, but every time it does it, it opens the menu over whatever window I'm in. Not such a big concern for most of the time, but really a problem when I'm using word or any application that requires a resolution change (games).

Is there any quick fix for this? (Keep in mind that firefox is not standard in that you cannot use WinMenuSelectItem, otherwise I wouldn't be having this problem at all).

[Lexikos]

Use WinWaitActive after the Sleep.

[raven-gm]

...that actually doesn't fix the problem; if I do that, then it doesn't make the menu switch at all when I'm doing something else, which is the problem I'm trying to work around.
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[Lexikos]

Ah, so you want to interact with the menu in the background? I believe that is not possible. The only alternative might be to write an extension for Firefox to do what you want. (Of course, that has nothing to do with AutoHotkey.)

[raven-gm]

no, I want the script to make the menu changes in the background, regardless of what I'm doing.
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[Lexikos]

In your script, {Alt down}t{Alt up} opens the menu, and {Up 2}{enter} interacts with it. Thus, you want to interact with the menu in the background (i.e. without activating it), as I said. {Alt down}t{Alt up} will always open the menu in the foreground (i.e. will activate it), which is why I believe what you want is not possible.

I suppose the {down %A_Number%}{enter}{esc} part interacts with Tab Mix Plus Options, which no doubt is also in the foreground (i.e. it is the active window.) I overlooked this earlier, though it's not really any different to a menu. (I believe Firefox menus and dialogs are implemented with JavaScript.)

On the other hand, if you wrote a Firefox extension, you should have access to whatever it is the menu (and Options dialog) does, so you won't need to use the menu (or Options dialog.) It would achieve a similar effect, but would not actually interacting with any menus or Tab Mix Plus Options dialog.

Out of curiosity, what does the script actually do?

[raven-gm]

It uses the cookieswapper extension to change cookiesets every 10 seconds. Just a little utility to automate some background browsing...
I guess I see what you mean... Meh, I don't have enough time to learn how to write Firefox extensions, so I'll just leave it the way it is.

The Tab Mix Plus thing is separate, actually; the whole script operates solely within a menu, I just close the Tab Mix Plus window because the script can accidentally open it if it misfires.

Thanks for the info though.
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