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How to? 2 GUI questions and return HWND using TakeCommandIPC

Mar
22
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hi

i have been trying to figure out:

1- is there a global hot key to restore tcmd from tray?
2- is there a shortcut key to switch between current tab and the command input? note: not using ctrl-tab and arrowkeys to select the command input window!

if there is no solution then 2 it can be done using a plugin.

Can anyone provide code sample using TakeCommandIPC to get handle of tcmd and i can use

Code:
FoundWindow = FindWindowEx(tcmdHandle, 0, 'Scintilla ', nil);
 
PostMessage( FoundWindow , WM_NEXTDLGCTL, 0, 0L) ;


to set focus

with my regards and thanks
ehab

Take Command v13.03.48
 
i spent couple of hours finding answers.

for those interested:

1- use Autohotkey
Code:
^!n::Run TCMD
^!c::Run "C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD13\tcmd.exe"

2- use the sdk sample and in
Code:
DLLExports INT WINAPI key( LPKEYINFO ki )
{
    switch ( ki->nKey )
        {
            case CTL_HOME : // change to your own binding
                AttachThreadInput(GetWindowThreadProcessId(GetForegroundWindow(),NULL),    GetCurrentThreadId(),TRUE);
                HWND inWindowHandle = FindWindowEx(GetForegroundWindow(),NULL,_T("XTPDockingPaneTabbedContainer"), NULL);
                HWND top_child = GetWindow(inWindowHandle, GW_CHILD);
                SetForegroundWindow(top_child);
                SetFocus(top_child);
                AttachThreadInput(GetWindowThreadProcessId(GetForegroundWindow(),NULL),GetCurrentThreadId(),FALSE);
                ki->nKey = 0;
              break;
        }
    return 0;
}

there is always another way, i hope this helps those need to switch to Command Input quickly and maybe the developers will add such a feature in future.

regards
ehab
 
1- is there a global hot key to restore tcmd from tray?
2- is there a shortcut key to switch between current tab and the command input? note: not using ctrl-tab and arrowkeys to select the command input window!

#1 - No.

#2 - There is no shortcut key to take you straight to the command input window, though Alt-F6 will toggle between command input, folder view, list view, and tab window. Nobody's ever requested it, and since you would have had to either use the mouse or the ctrl-tab dialog to switch away from the command input window it didn't seem unreasonable to expect you to switch back the same way.)

Can anyone provide code sample using TakeCommandIPC to get handle of tcmd and i can use

Code:
FoundWindow = FindWindowEx(tcmdHandle, 0, 'Scintilla ', nil);
 
PostMessage( FoundWindow , WM_NEXTDLGCTL, 0, 0L) ;

to set focus

This is how it's called in TCC:

Code:
// returns the TCMD window handle if we're running in a TCMD tab window
HWND QueryParentWindow( void )
{
  TCHAR szBuffer[128];
 
  szBuffer[0] = _TEXT('\0');
if ( TakeCommandIPC( L"hwnd", szBuffer ) != -1 ) {
#if _WIN == 64
  return (HWND)_wtoi64( szBuffer );
#else
  return (HWND)_wtoi( szBuffer );
#endif
}
}
 
Thanks Rex

i will add my request for global hot key and key to switch between current tab and command input.

appreciated the example.

Alt-F6 should honor hidden controls.
 

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