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AutoHotKey script that make any window Always-on-Top on Windows.
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| ; Press Ctrl+Shift+Space to set any currently active window to be always on top. | |
| ; Press Ctrl+Shift+Space again set the window to no longer be always on top. | |
| ; Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/196958/the-3-best-ways-to-make-a-window-always-on-top-on-windows | |
| ^+SPACE:: | |
| WinGetTitle, activeWindow, A | |
| if IsWindowAlwaysOnTop(activeWindow) { | |
| notificationMessage := "The window """ . activeWindow . """ is now always on top." | |
| notificationIcon := 16 + 1 ; No notification sound (16) + Info icon (1) | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| notificationMessage := "The window """ . activeWindow . """ is no longer always on top." | |
| notificationIcon := 16 + 2 ; No notification sound (16) + Warning icon (2) | |
| } | |
| Winset, Alwaysontop, , A | |
| TrayTip, Always-on-top, %notificationMessage%, , %notificationIcon% | |
| Sleep 3000 ; Let it display for 3 seconds. | |
| HideTrayTip() | |
| IsWindowAlwaysOnTop(windowTitle) { | |
| WinGet, windowStyle, ExStyle, %windowTitle% | |
| isWindowAlwaysOnTop := if (windowStyle & 0x8) ? false : true ; 0x8 is WS_EX_TOPMOST. | |
| return isWindowAlwaysOnTop | |
| } | |
| HideTrayTip() { | |
| TrayTip ; Attempt to hide it the normal way. | |
| if SubStr(A_OSVersion,1,3) = "10." { | |
| Menu Tray, NoIcon | |
| Sleep 200 ; It may be necessary to adjust this sleep. | |
| Menu Tray, Icon | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Return |
TY
Works just fine (Win 10), thanks, pal!
For users who encounter software that the script does not work, try running AutoHotKey as a Windows administrator.
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Does not work for all windows, anybody know why?
e.g. with Dadroit JSON Viewer, this command does not work: