Defining Window Regions in Chrome (and other programs)
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:01 pm
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XMBC Version: v2.20.5
Installed or Portable version: Installed
How long have you used XMBC?: About 3 hours
Clear description of the problem - try and include as much information as possible, including what button and mappings you are having problems with (if applicable).: This isn't about a problem per se, it's more about "how do you do this".
So, I have XMBC setup and working the way I want it to (emulating the mouse in Linux). Meaning it copies highlighted text to the clipboard and pastes it with the middle click. This part works great. Now for the funky part: In Chrome (I haven't tried this in Edge yet), when I right click on the tab I want to close, it also pastes the clipboard into the next active Chrome window, which would be okay, unless I have the web based version of Word, Excel, etc open in the next tab, then the contents of the clipboard is pasted into the document at the point where the cursor is.
I've sort of figured out how to block this by using the Window Regions selection. I have zn XBMC profile that has eveything as ** No Change (Don't intercept) ** which works great, except when I try to middle click and paste something in the URL field. Then, for obvious reasons to me (becuase it isn't defined), it doesn't paste anything into the URL field. The middle click to paste works below the bookmarks and URL field and tabs, because the Window Regions selection isn't active for that part of the Chrome window.
So, my question is this: Is there any way to "highlight" the area that XBMC utilizes as a Window Region, for instance, a box within a box. In Chrome, the top "bar" is class: Intermediate D3D Window and the Parent Class is Chrome_WidgetWin_1. Unfortunately, it encompasses the entire top bar, the tabs, URL field, extension/addon icons, etc. Programatically, I don't think there is a way to isolate the URLfield within Chrome to be excluded from the WindowRegions settings.
Hopefully this make sense to you, Phil. Thanks!
XMBC Version: v2.20.5
Installed or Portable version: Installed
How long have you used XMBC?: About 3 hours
Clear description of the problem - try and include as much information as possible, including what button and mappings you are having problems with (if applicable).: This isn't about a problem per se, it's more about "how do you do this".
So, I have XMBC setup and working the way I want it to (emulating the mouse in Linux). Meaning it copies highlighted text to the clipboard and pastes it with the middle click. This part works great. Now for the funky part: In Chrome (I haven't tried this in Edge yet), when I right click on the tab I want to close, it also pastes the clipboard into the next active Chrome window, which would be okay, unless I have the web based version of Word, Excel, etc open in the next tab, then the contents of the clipboard is pasted into the document at the point where the cursor is.
I've sort of figured out how to block this by using the Window Regions selection. I have zn XBMC profile that has eveything as ** No Change (Don't intercept) ** which works great, except when I try to middle click and paste something in the URL field. Then, for obvious reasons to me (becuase it isn't defined), it doesn't paste anything into the URL field. The middle click to paste works below the bookmarks and URL field and tabs, because the Window Regions selection isn't active for that part of the Chrome window.
So, my question is this: Is there any way to "highlight" the area that XBMC utilizes as a Window Region, for instance, a box within a box. In Chrome, the top "bar" is class: Intermediate D3D Window and the Parent Class is Chrome_WidgetWin_1. Unfortunately, it encompasses the entire top bar, the tabs, URL field, extension/addon icons, etc. Programatically, I don't think there is a way to isolate the URLfield within Chrome to be excluded from the WindowRegions settings.
Hopefully this make sense to you, Phil. Thanks!