"Find Window" -- command-line version of Expose, for Windows
I've written an AutoHotKey script called fw.ahk (fw for "Find Window") that basically lets you type part of a window's title and it will bring it to the foreground i.e. it will activate it.
For example, suppose I have a bunch of Firefox windows open. I know that one of them has "parameters" in the title, so I activate it by typing: Win-R fw parameters
Or if Outlook is open, I can activate it using: Win-R fw Out
It's kind of like a command-line version of Expose :-) Note that it is unfortunately case-sensitive.
AutoHotKey is a free Windows scripting/macro language/system.
For example, suppose I have a bunch of Firefox windows open. I know that one of them has "parameters" in the title, so I activate it by typing: Win-R fw parameters
Or if Outlook is open, I can activate it using: Win-R fw Out
It's kind of like a command-line version of Expose :-) Note that it is unfortunately case-sensitive.
AutoHotKey is a free Windows scripting/macro language/system.
fw.ahk
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Search = %1% %2% %3% %4% %5%
WinGetTitle, Title, %Search%
WinActivate, %Title%
fw.cmd
fw.ahk %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
posted by Jonathan at
7/02/2006 10:07:00 p.m.
2 Comments:
I used AutoHotScript for a short time but then needed to reformat my computer. I found each script to take up a good amount of CPU usage, do you have this problem?
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Anonymous, at 7/03/2006 1:04 a.m.
Hmm...I haven't noticed yet. Then again I'm mostly using the autohotkey.ini file rather than individual scripts--this is the default script that stays resident in memory for doing things like string replacements and key swapping.
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Jonathan, at 7/03/2006 12:19 p.m.
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