Press the PrtScrn (Print Screen) key while hovering over a window and the app freezes the display and toggles into a style editing mode for that window. Note: In the referenced blog, I did not mention another useful (yet potentially dangerous) feature of the CheckStyles.ahk script. This makes it easier to determine what settings control what features in a Windows’ window. In any case, the most important capabilities appear in these first two tabs.Īs previously mentioned and discussed in the referenced blog, the window Styles/ExStyle app allows you to see real-time changes in window style settings as you hover the mouse cursor over any window.
Those tabs acted as placeholders for future features which never materialized. I edited the original unfinished CheckStyles.ahk script eliminating the two extra tabs on the right. Notice the WS_EX_LAYERED setting turns on after the using the transparency wheel in the SeeThruWinWheel.ahk script.
As the mouse cursor hovers over an open Untitled Notepad window, the ExStyle settings for that window appear in the second tab of the Window Styles/ExStyles pop-up in the CheckStyles.ahk script.
You can view these settings with the CheckStyles.ahk script discussed in the blog “ The WinSet, ExStyle Command for Mouse-Click Transparent Windows (Intermediate AutoHotkey Tip).” If you build AutoHotkey window manipulation tools, then you’ll find CheckStyles.ahk indispensable both as a quick reference and a tester. The CheckStyles.ahk script displays the settings for any window under the mouse cursor. ExStyle Settings Help to Polish AutoHotkey Window Manipulation Scripts, Plus a Couple of TricksĮach window in Microsoft Windows includes style settings ( Style and ExStyle) which control its appearance and action.
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