Hi David, right now, I'd guess it's the overlap window, but only because why else would they put it there unless activeWindow wouldn't always give you the same window object? Anyway, it can't be the activeWindow now I think about it, as that window you're alt-tabbing to isn't yet active when you hear it's title, so what you're hearing is the top level window from whatever window list the desktop is working with, and that's what the overlap says it is. If you're thinking on trying to intercept this keystroke and it's speaking of various window titles, well, so was I!
I've given this only a little thought, but I read an article on virtual desktops (not the same thing as virtual machines), where a windows user can setup more than one desktop to run their applications on, and flip between desktops the way we usually flip between windows. the advantage is that you can group your applications which are running, so the ones running on any given desktop are related, so yu don't have to see all your open windows at once. The author had all her work-related programs on one desktop, all her communication programs on another (email, twitter, facebook, messenger, etc.), and all her recreational programs (web sites and rss feeds she likes to read, games, etc.) on a third. when I've got a dozen windows to work my way through to find the one I want, I can really appreciate this kind of organization. I was wondering if we could do it "virtually" with window-eyes scripting, by simply giving the user the ability to place windows into different groups, and then modifying the behavior of alt-tab so it only works with the currently selected group. Is there another way to select a window besides alt-tab and shift-alt-tab? I seem to recall there was, but can't think of it. I'd have to work with any such other way as well. there is an app I know (before someone mentions it) which lets you pick from all top level windows, but it sorts them in some odd way (by module name I think), and it's not configurable. Anyway, it's late and I'm obviously rambling. hth, Chip ________________________________ From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Window title, when alt-tabbing? Whenever I hit Alt-Tab, I hear the title of the window spoken. That is the window that will gain focus, when I release Alt-Tab. OK, guess you all know what I mean. My question is, which information is this actualy? - The Overlap.title? - ActieWindow.Title? - or, is it anything else? Thanks alot!
