Window.GetLeft

Queries X coordinate of a window.

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

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

Examples

Get position of front window:

MBS( "Window.GetLeft"; 0 ) & "/" & MBS( "Window.GetTop"; 0 )

Figure out on which screen the first window is:

Let([
    WindowCenterX = MBS( "Window.GetLeft"; 0 ) + MBS( "Window.GetWidth"; 0 );
    WindowCenterY = MBS( "Window.GetTop"; 0 ) + MBS( "Window.GetHeight"; 0 );
    $ScreenIndex = -1;

    r = While (
    [
        c = MBS( "Screen.Count" );
        i = 0
    ] ;
    i < c ;
    [
        l = MBS( "Screen.Left"; i );
        t = MBS( "Screen.Top"; i );
        w = MBS( "Screen.Width"; i );
        h = MBS( "Screen.Height"; i );
        $ScreenIndex = If(
            (l ≤ WindowCenterX) AND
            (t ≤ WindowCenterY) AND
            (WindowCenterX ≤ l + w) AND
            (WindowCenterY ≤ t + h) ; i; $ScreenIndex );
        i = i + 1 ] ; 0 )

]; $ScreenIndex)

See also

• Dialog.GetLeft
• Screen.Count
• Screen.Height
• Screen.Left
• Screen.Width
• Window.FindByIndex
• Window.FindByTitle
• Window.GetHeight
• Window.GetTop
• Window.GetWidth

Example Databases

• RemoteControl/Windows List
• Window/Schedule Moved Trigger
• Window/Window Position and Size

Blog Entries

• Script trigger for moving window

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 24th January 2024

Window.GetHeight - Window.GetMaxHeight