AutoHotkey's help utilizes HTML Help - mine is described as HTML Help Control Version 10.0 in it's About and in Task Manager is listed as hh.exe
And every time I click the maximize icon in the top right corner of its window - and yet every next time it does not remember being maximized: it's around 99% of the max size and has almost the same centered position, but nevertheless it requires manual clicking
How can I make that change be remembered? Or how to make hh.exe open always maximized? Or how to tell AutoHotkey to tell hh.exe to open maximized?
I am using AutoHotkey 1.1.36.02 on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 19042.746 x64
AutoHotkey Help does not remember being opened maximized Topic is solved
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AutoHotkey Help does not remember being opened maximized
Last edited by A Keymaker on 04 Jul 2023, 04:20, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: AutoHotkey Help does not remember being opened maximized
I have tried using an AHK file
and
but they do not work - window of AutoHotkey Help is still not opened maximized
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SetTitleMatchMode, 2
#IfWinActive, "AutoHotkey Help"
WinWaitActive, "AutoHotkey Help"
Sleep 1111
SendInput {LAlt Down}{Space Down}{Space Up}{LAlt Up}
Sleep 555
SendInput x
#IfWinActive
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IfWinActive,AutoHotkey Help
{
WinMaximize
return
}
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Re: AutoHotkey Help does not remember being opened maximized
I have managed to come up with this code
However it works only if I right click the Help entry from context menu in Tray for that very AHK file that is holding this script. And I cannot put it in my bulk AHK file because of the #Persistent affecting all codes from it
Thee very same problem is with this simplier approach
And so: am I correct to assume that without using a trigger or continuously checking for changes, it is simply not possible to detect an opening of the AutoHotkey Help window using AHK script alone, as AutoHotkey does not have an event-driven mechanism to monitor window creation directly?
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#NoEnv
#Persistent ; This affects all codes from the file
#SingleInstance Force
SetTitleMatchMode 2
prevWindowState := "" ; Stores the previous state of the AHK Help window
Loop
{
IfWinExist, AutoHotkey Help
{
WinGet, winState, MinMax, AutoHotkey Help ; Gets the current state of the window
If (winState != prevWindowState) ; Checks if state of the window has changed
{
prevWindowState := winState
If (winState != 1) ; Maximize the window if it is not maximized
{
WinMaximize, AutoHotkey Help
}
}
}
Sleep 1111
}
Thee very same problem is with this simplier approach
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#Persistent ; This affects all codes from the file
SetTimer, CheckHelp, 1111
return
CheckHelp:
IfWinExist, AutoHotkey Help
{
WinActivate, AutoHotkey Help
WinWaitActive, AutoHotkey Help
WinMaximize
SetTimer, CheckHelp, off
}
return
And so: am I correct to assume that without using a trigger or continuously checking for changes, it is simply not possible to detect an opening of the AutoHotkey Help window using AHK script alone, as AutoHotkey does not have an event-driven mechanism to monitor window creation directly?
Last edited by A Keymaker on 04 Jul 2023, 04:28, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: AutoHotkey Help does not remember being opened maximized Topic is solved
Finally I have come up with an A-OK working workaround
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#NoTrayIcon ; Hides the icon of this script in Tray notification area of Windows
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Loop
{
;;; IfWinExist, AutoHotkey Help ; This works - but makes impossible to be used in an AHK file that has in its name "AutoHotkey Help"
IfWinExist, AutoHotkey Help
{
WinGetTitle, winTitle, AutoHotkey Help
If (winTitle = "AutoHotkey Help")
{
WinMaximize
Break ; This stops this script after first detection of the AutoHotkey Help window - i.e. it makes possible to adjust size of that window when needed by closing the AHK holding this script
}
}
Sleep, 333 ; For a quick applying the optimal value seems to be ~250 milliseconds
}