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

1.2.0

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.