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• Target app losing focus when calling a snippet from a menu launch with QAPmessenger

  bluckholl > 2024-04-11 07:44

  (2022-09-08 14:07)Jean Lalonde Wrote: Fixed in v11.5.8.1
  https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showt...p?tid=2136

  
  Hi Jean,
  I downloaded few days ago QAP and amazed from the productive pro features, great documenation, realy great application, thank you so much!
  
  In my setup process, I wanted to have custom context menu per application, with the great command line QAPmessenger.exe ShowMenuLaunch feature that can show specific sub-menu.
  However, I see that when using sub-menu command line, the focus moving to different window, so the paste text (or macro) is running on different window that needed.
  
  It seems similar to the issue above,
  I added gif to demonstrate it.
  
  
  Thanks

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 11:28

  Hi bluckholl,
  
  This is not an easy one... Thanks for the animated GIF. It helps. I'll investigate.
  
  How do you open launch the QAPmessenger command show the submenu?

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  bluckholl > 2024-04-11 12:18

  Using shift F12, that invoke autohotkey script that run QAPmessenger.exe,
  You can see in the Gif ahk script (left window is the notepad++ with ahk file opened)
  
  I can attach ahk script if needed ,
  Let me know if there anything I can do to assist,
  Thanks!

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 13:02

  I can reproduce the issue. When QAPmessenger is called and the menu is open, Notepad++ loses the focus and when the snippet is selected in the menu, the active window is the browser, not Notepad++. I can't see what can be done.
  
  But if, instead of using QAPmessenger, you open the submenu with a QAP hotkey (edit the submenu and see the "Menu Options" tab), Notepad++ won't lose the focus and the snippet will be pasted correctly.

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  bluckholl > 2024-04-11 13:39

  (2024-04-11 13:02)Jean Lalonde Wrote: I can reproduce the issue. When QAPmessenger is called and the menu is open, Notepad++ loses the focus and when the snippet is selected in the menu, the active window is the browser, not Notepad++.  I can't see what can be done.
  
  But if, instead of using QAPmessenger, you open the submenu with a QAP hotkey (edit the submenu and see the "Menu Options" tab), Notepad++ won't lose the focus and the snippet will be pasted correctly.

  
  QAP hotkey indeed working good.
  The idea I wanted to implement is a single same hotkey that I will use, to open a different sub-menu based on the active application (e.g. different menu for teams where I have several teams macro for jumping into different channels quickly, different menu for outlook to jump to different folders, etc..)
  taking advantages the great QAP macro it was easy to place some keystrokes, and it was ready to go!
  
  I understand it is tricky to solve,
  I have workaround - instead of having Snippets QAP macro, I will create autohotkey script for each sub-menu command (Application favorite) that will 
  1. focus back to the desired app
  2. send keystrokes (and other automation command if needed)
  
  Thanks you for your fast support and again for the really awesome software!

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 14:31

  Thanks for the follow-up. Good that you have an AHK alternative for opening the menu.

• RE: Strange effect with QAP PopUp menu started with QAPmessenger.exe

  bluckholl > 2024-04-11 15:27

  (2024-04-11 14:31)Jean Lalonde Wrote: Thanks for the follow-up. Good that you have an AHK alternative for opening the menu.

  
  I see I can reuse same ahk script for all commands that required send keys commands, thanks to QAP application parameter support,
  so e.g. generic ahk script "FocusAndSendKeys.ahk"
  WinActivate, %1%
  Send, %2%
  return
  
  is reused with several AHK application favorites that sending each time different parameters with application to focus and key strokes, 
  such
  "ahk_exe OUTLOOK.EXE" "^y{Sleep 1000}{Left 4}{Right}sent{Enter}" (jump to sent items)
  "ahk_exe OUTLOOK.EXE" "^y{Sleep 1000}{Left 4}{Right}inbox{Enter}" (jump to inbox)
  "ahk_exe ms-teams.exe" "^3{Sleep 1000}{Home}{Down}" (jump to first pinned channel)
  etc
  
  The small things.. Wonderfull

• RE: Target app losing focus when calling a snippet from a menu launch with QAPmessenger

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 15:36

  Not sure I get your point but it looks interesting. If you have time, you could elaborate a bit and post it under TUTORIALS, TIPS AND TRICKS :-)
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