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Window.GetTitle

Get's the title of the window designated by the WindowRef.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Window 1.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
MBS( "Window.GetTitle"; WindowRef )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
WindowRef Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window. 0

Description

Get's the title of the window designated by the WindowRef.
The WindowRef is returned by either Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex. Although it works on both platforms it was added specifically for Windows, where it can be used to get the the Name of the Application Window.

Examples

Query title of front window:

MBS( "Window.GetTitle"; 0 )

Find names of all visible windows:

While(
[
    // query window list
    list = MBS( "Window.List" );
    titles = ""
];
// loop over window list
ValueCount(list ) > 1;
[
    window = GetValue(list; 1);
    visible = MBS("Window.IsVisible"; window);
    title = MBS("Window.GetTitle"; window);
    titles = If(visible; titles & title & ¶; titles);
    // next
    list = MiddleValues ( list ; 2; ValueCount(list )-1 )
]; titles )

See also

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 10th August 2023


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