MsEdge Window Switcher Problem Topic is solved

[kerry369]

Hello,

I tried creating a window switcher for Microsoft Edge after repurposing the code for firefox/chrome found here:
https://github.com/TaranVH/2nd-keyboard/blob/9ee39aaccf9c58df9c4a7c19eb7d12ab5223872c/Almost_All_Windows_Functions.ahk#L570

My current code is as follows:

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; Application Switcher
;Switch MS Edge and cycle through its windows
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
F17::
Process, Exist, msedge.exe    
    If errorlevel = 0
        Run, msedge.exe
    else
        GroupAdd, selectmsedges, Microsoft Edge ahk_exe msedge.exe
    if WinActive("Microsoft Edge ahk_exe msedge.exe")
        GroupActivate, selectmsedges, r
    else
        WinActivate, Microsoft Edge ahk_exe msedge.exe
Return

F16::
Process, Exist, msedge.exe    
    If errorlevel = 0
        Run, msedge.exe
    else
        GroupAdd, allmsedges, ahk_exe msedge.exe
    if WinActive("ahk_exe msedge.exe")
        GroupActivate, allmsedges, r
    else
        WinActivate, ahk_exe msedge.exe
Return

Currently what F16 does is this:
If Microsoft Edge is not open, open it;
If Microsoft Edge is not active, make it active;
If Microsoft Edge is active, switch to a different Microsoft edge window

This does pretty much what I want. However, my problem is that I have used the "Install this site as an app" feature of Microsoft Edge, which creates a new window of a specific site and makes it as if it were an "independent app". This results in F16 cycling through those windows as well, which I do not want (I have tried fixing that problem with the code for F17).
Here is an example of an "independent app" window with Google Calendar:

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In contrast, a "normal" Microsoft Edge window looks like this:

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My intention is to have F17 only cycle through the "normal" Microsoft Edge windows. I have noticed that the "normal" windows always have a window title ending in "Microsoft Edge", so I have tried to distinguish them in my F17 function. But unfortunately, when I press F17, it seems to do nothing. Here are the script lines executed when I press F17:

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Thanks in advance for your help!

[nutnutwin]

The very reason I quit using these app as Browser Window...

[aifritz]

Wintitle for Microsoft Edge is looking a bit strange, cause the space between seems not to be the normal asc 32 char.
Perhaps this one is a workaround

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F17::
SetTitleMatchMode, regEx
		    
Process, Exist, msedge.exe    
If (errorlevel = 0)
    Run, msedge.exe
else    
    GroupAdd, allmsedges, Microsoft.*Edge
    
if WinActive("Microsoft.*Edge")
    GroupActivate, allmsedges, r
else
    WinActivate, Microsoft.*Edge
Return