#IfWinNotActive - how to define a Regex pattern?

[m3user]

Hi, I'm trying to use Regex to define a group of windows in which the hotstring should not trigger.
The script below is not working, any idea what am I missing?

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SetTitleMatchMode, RegEx

#IfWinNotActive i)notepad|ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
::br::best regards
#IfWinActive

[mikeyww]

Hello,

A glance at the documentation may help this one.

SetTitleMatchMode:

RegEx [v1.0.45+]: Changes WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, and ExcludeText to accept regular expressions, e.g. WinActivate Untitled.*Notepad. RegEx also applies to ahk_class and ahk_exe, e.g. ahk_class IEFrame searches for any window whose class name contains IEFrame anywhere (this is because by default, regular expressions find a match anywhere in the target string). For WinTitle, each component is separate, e.g. in i)^untitled ahk_class i)^notepad$ ahk_pid %mypid%, i)^untitled and i)^notepad$ are separate regex patterns and %mypid% is always compared numerically (it is not a regex pattern). For WinText, each text element (i.e. each control's text) is matched against the RegEx separately, so it is not possible to have a match span more than one text element.

No RegEx needed here:

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#If !WinActive("ahk_exe notepad.exe") && !WinActive("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1")

[m3user]

Thanks!

[mikeyww]

You are welcome. I added a comment that no regex is needed, so you can use the default title match mode instead of changing it.