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How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 01:48
by milkygirl90
As per this example on Potplayer, it does not respond to a Win+Right shortcut. After expanding to a certain window size, I want the window to expand and fill the bottom vertically.
Note that I cannot use Shift+Win+Down because it changes the window size to 50%, not 65% as I indicated.
How can I achieve that on AutoHotkey?
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Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 02:44
by Smile_
Here is a way:
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F1::
WinGetPos, X, Y,,, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe
Height := A_ScreenHeight - Y - 40
WinMove, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe,, X, Y,, Height
Return
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 04:06
by milkygirl90
unfortunately it did not do anything to expand the window downwards..
I noticed it only responds if I pause for a few seconds before hitting the hotkey another time. Modifying the script to match this behavior didn't work:
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q::
;SendInput !4
WinGetPos, X, Y,,, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe
Height := A_ScreenHeight - Y - 40
WinMove, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe,, X, Y,, Height
Sleep 500
WinMove, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe,, X, Y,, Height
return
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 05:11
by Smile_
Just in one case this is not applied for me is when the windows is resized manually, because I think Potplayer keep that size until the blue text disappear.
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Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 05:17
by milkygirl90
Smile_ wrote: ↑21 Jun 2021, 05:11
Just in one case this is not applied for me is when the windows is resized manually, because I think Potplayer keep that size until the blue text disappear.
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mine does not get resized regardless of whether the blue text appears...
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 05:37
by Smile_
Are you sure about the ahk_exe name?
I use 64 bits of Potplayer, it might be not the case for you, use WindowSpy to get ahk_exe name
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Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 06:04
by milkygirl90
Smile_ wrote: ↑21 Jun 2021, 05:37
Are you sure about the ahk_exe name?
I use 64 bits of Potplayer, it might be not the case for you, use WindowSpy to get ahk_exe name
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yup the exe is correct.
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 06:21
by Smile_
Well, can you check X, Y, and Height values within a message box before executing WinMove command?, they may be incorrect.
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 19:57
by milkygirl90
the coordinates are correct but it doesn't always move the window. When it does, it changes the horizontal position too.
Is there another way to do this? How do I get ahk to drag the bottom part of the window to the bottom of screen instead?
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 20:16
by boiler
Use
WinGetPos to figure out where the bottom border of the window is, then use
MouseClickDrag to drag it to the bottom of the screen. You might want to use
SysGet, ..., MonitorWorkArea to determine the bottom of the screen not including the taskbar. You may be able to just get away with dragging it to a y coordinate that is known to be past the bottom of the screen, and Windows will have it stop at the bottom of the usable screen.
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 21:00
by milkygirl90
boiler wrote: ↑21 Jun 2021, 20:16
Use
WinGetPos to figure out where the bottom border of the window is, then use
MouseClickDrag to drag it to the bottom of the screen. You might want to use
SysGet, ..., MonitorWorkArea to determine the bottom of the screen not including the taskbar. You may be able to just get away with dragging it to a y coordinate that is known to be past the bottom of the screen, and Windows will have it stop at the bottom of the usable screen.
is this correct? My taskbar is on the right, so shouldn't be an issue. I tried many times but it only resizes to a quarter of my screen:
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Numpad2::
SendInput !4
WinGetPos, X, Y,,, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe
WinActivate, ahk_exe PotPlayerMini64.exe
MouseClickDrag, L, X, Y, (A_ScreenWidth*2), (A_ScreenHeight*2)
return
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 21:12
by milkygirl90
To put it another way, my objective is to resize Evernote to take up 20% of screen size and Potplayer to take up the remaining 80% side by side. Not sure if that makes it easier.
Re: How to expand window vertically ONLY
Posted: 21 Jun 2021, 22:16
by boiler
I don’t understand how the coordinates you selected and the math you showed are supposed to provide the desired result. For one thing, it seems like you would need to specify CoordMode, Mouse, Screen. Then it seems you are attempting to drag the upper-left corner of the window (x,y) to a point way off the screen. Perhaps you can describe the goal of that, and not just be restating, “my objective is to resize Evernote to take up 20% of screen size and Potplayer to take up the remaining 80% side by side.” Are you trying to drag the upper-left corner of the window off the screen, and if so, why?