Sometimes you just want to hide parts of the screen with a color...
Here's an easy way to do it.
The script creates a resizable box in the center of the screen that you can move to hide parts of the screen. You can create as many boxes as you want by pressing the F1 key.
shortcuts::
F1 add a new box
F2 color the box with the top left pixel
F2 Long press (> 0.6 sec) highlight current box in red
F3 freeze/unfreeze all boxes
F4 remove selected box
F5 hide/show all boxes
F6 make current box semi-transparent or opaque
Shift + Left Button show x-cross
Shift Up (while Left Button down) start drawing rectangle
ESC exit script
All boxes are resizable with the mouse
Suggestions to improve the script are welcome
Cheers
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#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
; =================================================================================================================================
; Name: CENSOR BOX
; Description: Hide parts of the screen with a colored box
; credits: Speedmaster, Lexikos, flyingDman, rommmcek, MancioDellaVega
; Topic: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78160
; Sript version: 1.4
; AHK Version: 1.1.24.03 (A32/U32/U64)
; Tested on: Win 7
; shortcuts:: F1 add a new box
; F2 color the box with the top left pixel
; F2 Long press (> 0.6 sec) highlight box in red
; F3 freeze/unfreeze all boxes
; F4 remove selected box
; F5 hide/show all boxes
; F6 make current box semi transparent
; Shift + Left Button show x-cross
; Shift Up (while LButton down) start drawing rectangle
; ESC exit script
; all boxes are resizable with the mouse
#SingleInstance force
OnMessage(0x201, "WM_LBUTTONDOWN")
OnMessage(0x84, "WM_NCHITTEST")
OnMessage(0x83, "WM_NCCALCSIZE")
OnMessage(0x86, "WM_NCACTIVATE")
CoordMode, pixel, screen
CoordMode, mouse, screen
BW := 2 ; Border width (and height) in pixels
BC := "FF8800" ; Border color
FirstCall := True
Gui, -Caption +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop
Gui, Color, %BC%
Gui, Cross1: -Caption +AlwaysOnTop
Gui, Cross1: Color, % bc
Gui, Cross2: -Caption +AlwaysOnTop
Gui, Cross2: Color, % bc
count:= 0
Return
+LButton::
While GetKeyState("Shift", "P") {
MouseGetPos, OriginX, OriginY
;OriginX-=8, OriginY-=5
Gui, Cross1: show, % "NA y0 w1 x" OriginX " h" A_ScreenHeight
Gui, Cross2: show, % "NA x0 h1 y" OriginY " w" A_ScreenWidth
Sleep, 10
}
Gui, Cross1: Hide
Gui, Cross2: Hide
if !GetKeyState("LButton", "P")
Return
WinGetActiveStats, Title, WindowWidth, WindowHeight, WindowX, WindowY
SetTimer, DrawRectangle, 20
Return
DrawRectangle: ; thx flyingDman
MouseGetPos, X2, Y2
Gui, +LastFound
X2<OriginX? (X1:=X2, X2:=OriginX): X1:=OriginX, Y2<OriginY? (Y1:=Y2, Y2:=OriginY): Y1:=OriginY
W1 := X2 - X1, H1 := Y2 - Y1, W2 := W1 - BW, H2 := H1 - BW
WinSet, Region, 0-0 %W1%-0 %W1%-%H1% 0-%H1% 0-0 %BW%-%BW% %W2%-%BW% %W2%-%H2% %BW%-%H2% %BW%-%BW%
If (FirstCall) {
Gui, Show, NA x%X1% y%Y1% w%W1% h%H1%
FirstCall := False
}
else WinMove, , , X1, Y1, W1, H1
Return
+LButton Up::
SetTimer, DrawRectangle, Off
Gui, Cancel
FirstCall := True
if GetKeyState("Shift", "P")
Return
newbox:
count++
Gui box_%count%: -caption -DPIScale +AlwaysOnTop +resize ;+LabelGui +LastFound
Gui box_%count%: Margin, 0,0
Gui box_%count%: color, black
Gui box_%count%: show, % "NA x" X1 " y" Y1 " w" W1-16 " h" H1-16, box_%count% ; offset (-16) might be PC/OS specific
currentgui:="box_" count
return
f1::
w1:=100
h1:=100
x1:=a_screenwidth//2-w1//2
y1:=a_screenheight//2-h1//2
goto newbox
return
F2::
transparency:=100 ; 0-255 level of transparency (0 =Transparent , 255=full visibile)
KeyWait, F2, U T0.6 ; Long press (> 0.6 sec)
If ErrorLevel
{
Gui,%currentgui%: +LastFound
WinSet,Transparent,%transparency% ; Set Box to transparency
Gui, %currentgui%:Color, FF0000
}
else
{
WinGetPos,px,py,,, %currentgui%
PixelGetColor, outcolor, % px-1, % py-1, RGB
Gui,%currentgui%: +LastFound
WinSet,Transparent,255 ; Set Box to No transparency
Gui %currentgui%: color, % outcolor
}
KeyWait, F2, U T0.6 ;Wait no more than 0.6 sec for key release (also suppress auto-repeat)
return
f3::
freeze:=!freeze
if freeze
loop, % count
gui box_%a_index%: -resize
else
loop, % count
gui box_%a_index%: +resize
return
f4::
gui %currentgui%: Destroy ; Thx MancioDellaVega
return
F5::
hide:=!hide
if hide
loop, % count {
Gui, box_%a_index%:Default
gui box_%a_index% : -caption
gui box_%a_index%: hide
}
else
loop, % count {
Gui, box_%a_index%:Default
GuiGetPos( X,Y,W,H, "box_" a_index )
gui box_%a_index%: show
WinMove, box_%a_index%,,x,y,w,h
}
return
f6::
transparency:=100 ; 0-255 level of transparency (0 =Transparent , 255=full visibile)
trans:=!Trans
if trans
{
Gui,%currentgui%: +LastFound
WinSet,Transparent, %transparency% ; Set Box to transparency
}
else {
Gui,%currentgui%: +LastFound
WinSet,Transparent, 255
}
return
WM_LBUTTONDOWN() {
global currentgui, freeze
MouseGetPos, xpos, ypos
¬:= (A_Gui) && currentgui:=a_gui
¬:= (A_Gui) && (!freeze) && move()
}
move() {
PostMessage, 0xA1, 2 ; WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN
}
; thx Lexikos
; https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/23969-resizable-window-border/
; Sizes the client area to fill the entire window.
WM_NCCALCSIZE()
{
if A_Gui
return 0
}
; Prevents a border from being drawn when the window is activated.
WM_NCACTIVATE()
{
if A_Gui
return 1
}
; Redefine where the sizing borders are. This is necessary since
; returning 0 for WM_NCCALCSIZE effectively gives borders zero size.
WM_NCHITTEST(wParam, lParam)
{
static border_size = 6
if !A_Gui
return
WinGetPos, gX, gY, gW, gH
x := lParam<<48>>48, y := lParam<<32>>48
hit_left := x < gX+border_size
hit_right := x >= gX+gW-border_size
hit_top := y < gY+border_size
hit_bottom := y >= gY+gH-border_size
if hit_top
{
if hit_left
return 0xD
else if hit_right
return 0xE
else
return 0xC
}
else if hit_bottom
{
if hit_left
return 0x10
else if hit_right
return 0x11
else
return 0xF
}
else if hit_left
return 0xA
else if hit_right
return 0xB
; else let default hit-testing be done
}
;thx VxE's , Icarus
GuiGetPos( ByRef X, ByRef Y, ByRef W, ByRef H, GuiID=1 ) {
Gui %GuiID%:+LastFound Exist
IfWinExist
{
WinGetPos X, Y
VarSetCapacity( rect, 16, 0 )
DllCall("GetClientRect", uint, MyGuiHWND := WinExist(), uint, &rect )
W := NumGet( rect, 8, "int" )
H := NumGet( rect, 12, "int" )
}
}
return
guiclose:
~esc::
exitapp
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