Ctrl+W doesn't work after Chrome browser is focused Topic is solved

[madsounds]

I'm using this code:

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^g::
	Clipboard := ""
	SendInput, ^c
	ClipWait, 0.5
	if( ErrorLevel )
	{
		return
	}
	Run, % "https www.google.ru search?q=" . UriEncode( trim2( Clipboard ) ),, pid
	WinWait, ahk_pid pid
	WinActivate, ahk_pid pid

It works fine, Chrome window is activated (even without WinWait+WinActivate). But the problem is that Chrome window does not always react to keyboard, such as pressing of Up or Down arrows, or, what's more important, Ctrl+W. Actually it reacts, but only in 50% of cases. Even after scrolling the page, it does not react to Ctrl+W - you need to click on the page, or just anywhere on Chrome window, to make Ctrl+W work. That's why I tried WinWait+WinActivate, but it doesn't change a thing

So is there any method for force activating Chrome window - or, I must say, separately Chrome tab, to make Ctrl+W work without clicking on the page itself?

[gregster]

pid is a variable name in your code - to reference its contents with winwait or winActivate, you will have to put it between %s or force an expression.

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WinWait, ahk_pid %pid%
WinActivate, ahk_pid %pid% 
; or:
WinWait, % "ahk_pid " pid
WinActivate, % "ahk_pid " pid

Also, if I see it correctly, your use of run doesn't correspond to the docs. According to run, the process id variable name should be the fourth parameter - but this looks like the third parameter to me:

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Run, % "https www.google.ru search?q=" . UriEncode( trim2( Clipboard ) ),, pid

[madsounds]

pid is a variable name in your code - to reference its contents with winwait or winActivate, you will have to put it between %s or force an expression.

Yes, of course! I should have taken that into account.

Also, if I see it correctly, your use of run doesn't correspond to the docs.

Obviously, it is Thanks alot!

I also removed the WinWait procedure because it sometimes caused the script to hang.

[madsounds]

I have tested it, and now Chrome window is activated in 100% of cases. If anyone is interested, here is the full code (in the URL, replace underscores '_' with slashes '/'). This script launches Google search with the text you selected (in Word, Notepad, anywhere, even from the Chrome itself):

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#NoEnv
;#NoTrayIcon
SetBatchLines, -1
#Persistent
SetWorkingDir, %A_ScriptDir%
Menu, Tray, Icon, google.png


UriEncode( uri, enc="UTF-8" )
{

	StrPutVar( uri, var, enc )
	f := A_FormatInteger
	SetFormat, IntegerFast, H

	Loop
	{

		code := NumGet( var, A_Index - 1, "UChar" )

		if( ! code )
		{
			break
		}

		if( code >= 0x30 && code <= 0x39 ; 0-9
			|| Code >= 0x41 && code <= 0x5A ; A-Z
			|| code >= 0x61 && code <= 0x7A ) ; a-z
		{
			res .= Chr( code )
		}
		else
		{
			res .= "%" . SubStr( code + 0x100, -1 )
		}

	}

	SetFormat, IntegerFast, %f%

	return res

}

StrPutVar( str, ByRef var, enc="" )
{

	len := StrPut( str, enc ) * ( enc = "UTF-16" || enc = "CP1200" ? 2 : 1 )
	VarSetCapacity( var, len, 0 )
	return StrPut( str, &var, enc )

}

trim2( str )
{

	return RegExReplace( str, "^[\s ]+|[\s ]+$", "" )

}

clean_spaces( str )
{

	return RegExReplace( RegExReplace( str, " ", " " ), " {2,}", " " )

}




^g::

	Clipboard := ""
	SendInput, ^c
	ClipWait, 5

	if( ErrorLevel )
	{
		return
	}

	;MsgBox, % "https:__www.google.ru_search?q=" . UriEncode( clean_spaces( trim2( Clipboard ) ) )
	Run, % "https:__www.google.ru_search?q=" . UriEncode( clean_spaces( trim2( Clipboard ) ) ),,, pid
	;WinWait, % "ahk_pid ", pid,, 0.5       ; sometimes causes script to hang :(
	WinActivate, % "ahk_pid ", pid

[Getfree]

I wish more people knew about Chrome extensions. They would save countless ours of tedious coding by using the right tools for the job.

What you wanted is Ctrl+G to copy the selected text and then open a google search for that text. I do something like that as well.

You can set that up in 10 seconds with this Chrome extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autocontrol-shortcut-mana/lkaihdpfpifdlgoapbfocpmekbokmcfd



The two red arrows show that the shortcut will work globally (i.e. on any program).
And the key part is in the URL you have to open (in red):
https://www.google.ru/search?q=<clipboard>

The sequence of actions read like this:
1. Copy the selected text to the clipboard
2. Open the URL in a new tab
3. Activate that tab
4. Focus the Chrome window (in case it wasn't already focused)

[madsounds]

I wish more people knew about Chrome extensions. They would save countless ours of tedious coding by using the right tools for the job.

To be honest, I rarely assume that Chrome extensions are able to operate outside the browser Thank you, I'll try it!