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Movable Blank - Blank fullscren GUI window that's click-through
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; Movable blank | |
; Blank fullscren GUI window that's click-through | |
; It's not power-saving but allows you to peek through when you need it. | |
; For power saving consider just switching (native Windows shortcut Win + P) | |
; Move it from screen to screen (native Windows shortcut Win + Shift + Left/Right) | |
; Make it translucent (Helpers enhancement Win + PgUp/PgDn or Win + WheelUp/WheelDn) | |
; Close it like a regular window (native Windows Alt + F4) | |
; Start multiple instances for multiple monitors | |
; I trigger it with a hotkey defined in another script: | |
; #s:: | |
; Run, D:\Documents\AutoHotkey\MovableBlank.ahk | |
; return | |
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases. | |
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors. | |
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. | |
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory. | |
#SingleInstance, off ; Allow multiple instances for multiple displays | |
#NoTrayIcon | |
; Menu, Tray, Icon, imageres.dll, 114 ; Empty icon | |
Menu, Tray, Icon, shell32.dll, 175 ; Screen diagonal half white half black | |
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen | |
; Current is where the mouse cursor rests | |
MouseGetPos, mx, my | |
Gui, Color, Black | |
; Disable borders and titlebars. Alternatively: Gui, -0xC00000 +0x8000000 | |
; Add +ToolWindow and the window will have no taskbar button. | |
; You won't be able to select it though, thus no transparency control | |
Gui, -Caption +AlwaysOnTop | |
SysGet, monitorsCount, 80 | |
Loop %monitorsCount% { | |
SysGet, monitor, Monitor, %A_Index% | |
; Stretch full-screen | |
if (monitorLeft <= mx && mx <= monitorRight && monitorTop <= my && my <= monitorBottom) { | |
; Do not allow several blanks stacked on the same screen | |
if (!WinExist("MovableBlank " . A_Index)) { | |
; Added NoActivate to avoid focus stealing | |
Gui, Show, % "W" . Abs(monitorLeft) + Abs(monitorRight) . " H" . A_ScreenHeight . " X" . monitorLeft . " Y" . monitorTop . " NoActivate", MovableBlank %A_Index% | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
; Get window ID for next step, matching just the beginning | |
WinGet, blankid, ID, MovableBlank | |
; Make click-through: 0x20 = WS_EX_CLICKTHROUGH | |
; Only works when translucent. No mis-clicking when window is fully opaque. Awesome! | |
WinSet, ExStyle, +0x20, ahk_id %blankid% | |
return | |
GuiContextMenu: ; RightClick to close | |
GuiClose: | |
ExitApp |
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