Problem witih "framerate" when dragging windows with AHK

[Coldblackice]

I use an AHK script "KDE Window Drag" which enables moving/resizing windows (in Windows) by mouse click-and-dragging anywhere inside a window instead of having to click-and-hold the window's title bar (for moving) or the razor-thin window borders (for resizing).

The script works, however, the visualization is choppy/stuttery, as if it's running at a much lower framerate/FPS than doing this natively with Windows. When I move or resize using the standard Windows functions, it's a smooth 164Hz animation.

I've wondered if Windows utilizes some native API DWM function for moving/resizing windows whereas this AHK script more or less is doing a bunch of repeated micro actions, limited by a polling or "refresh rate" of Autohotkey (and its firing of actions).

Is there a way to have AHK mirror Windows visualization for this?

KDE Window Drag (Modded).ahk

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[A_AhkUser]

Hi

Try replace:

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SetWinDelay,2

by

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SetWinDelay,0

or

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SetWinDelay,-1

(not tested)

A_AhkUser

[Coldblackice]

Hi

Try replace:

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SetWinDelay,2

by

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SetWinDelay,0

or

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SetWinDelay,-1

(not tested)

A_AhkUser

This worked perfectly! Setting this to "0" did the trick, thanks for that.

The only issue now is the resizing function: when resizing, the area of the newly-expanded area of window is blank/white until you let go of the resizing. It's like it's waiting for you to stop resizing before it redraws to fill in the space. When resizing a Windows explorer window using the default border-corner, the explorer window and its contents resize and adapt "live" while you do it, the contents of the window shifting and adapting to whatever shape of window you drag.

I know this isn't a huge functional deal, but might there be a way to mimic the default Windows ability to resize? I'm not sure why the window isn't immediately redrawing when using my AHK script's resizing function.

Thanks again for the help!

[Xtra]

In windows you want show window contents while dragging checked and that should fix your last issue.
Should be under Performance Options >> Visual Effects.
HTH