pyWinActivate 1.3.0

Activate and focus on any opened window by using the window title.

pyWinActivate

Just like WinActivate in AutoHotkey, this module lets you easily activate and focus an opened window.

Examples

from pyWinActivate import win_activate, win_wait_active


# Activate window with partial winTitle string.
win_activate(window_title="Book1", partial_match=True)

# Activate window with exact winTitle string.
win_activate(window_title="Book1.xlsx - Excel", partial_match=False)




# Wait for the specified window to be active.
# You can pass an exception for a popup window's title. If not needed leave as None or skip entirely.
# Note: works only with a full title
win_wait_active(win_to_wait=Book1.xlsx - Excel, exception="potential popup window", message=False)

Changes

1.3.0

Added function check_win_exist()

1.2.0

Refactored win_activate()

It now takes window_title and partial_match(T/F) as arguments instead of window and titlematchmode(0/1)

1.1.1

Changed function names to follow PEP8 guidelines

Changed get_app_list() to not use mutable deafults

Added argument to win_wait_active() to turn off the message while waiting. Its True by default.

Changed some function argument names to be more desriptive.

Special thanks to reddit user u/JohnnyJordaan with help on the code simplification.