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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
import Quartz # if you get an error with this import, run `pip install pyobjc-framework-Quartz` | |
import time | |
from Foundation import NSSet, NSMutableSet | |
def transformWindowData(data): | |
list1 = [] | |
for v in data: | |
if not v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowIsOnscreen'): | |
continue | |
row = ( \ | |
str(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowOwnerPID') or '?').rjust(7) + \ | |
' ' + str(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowNumber') or '?').rjust(5) + \ | |
' {' + ('' if v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowBounds') is None else \ | |
( \ | |
str(int(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowBounds').valueForKey_('X'))) + ',' + \ | |
str(int(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowBounds').valueForKey_('Y'))) + ',' + \ | |
str(int(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowBounds').valueForKey_('Width'))) + ',' + \ | |
str(int(v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowBounds').valueForKey_('Height'))) \ | |
) \ | |
).ljust(21) + \ | |
'}' + \ | |
'\t[' + ((v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowOwnerName') or '') + ']') + \ | |
('' if v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowName') is None else (' ' + v.valueForKey_('kCGWindowName') or '')) \ | |
).encode('utf8') | |
list1.append(row) | |
return list1; | |
def printBeautifully(dataSet): | |
print 'PID'.rjust(7) + ' ' + 'WinID'.rjust(5) + ' ' + 'x,y,w,h'.ljust(21) + ' ' + '\t[Title] SubTitle' | |
print '-'.rjust(7,'-') + ' ' + '-'.rjust(5,'-') + ' ' + '-'.ljust(21,'-') + ' ' + '\t-------------------------------------------' | |
# print textList1 | |
for v in dataSet: | |
print v; | |
#grab initial set | |
wl = Quartz.CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo( Quartz.kCGWindowListOptionAll, Quartz.kCGNullWindowID) | |
wl = sorted(wl, key=lambda k: k.valueForKey_('kCGWindowOwnerPID')) | |
#convert into readable format | |
textList1 = transformWindowData(wl); | |
#print everything we have on the screen | |
print 'all windows:' | |
printBeautifully(textList1) | |
print 'Move target window' | |
time.sleep(5) | |
#grab window data the second time | |
wl2 = Quartz.CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(Quartz.kCGWindowListOptionAll, Quartz.kCGNullWindowID) | |
textList2 = transformWindowData(wl2) | |
#check the difference | |
w = NSMutableSet.setWithArray_(textList1) | |
w.minusSet_(NSSet.setWithArray_(textList2)) | |
#print the difference | |
printBeautifully(w) |
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