Navigating through a 'tabbed' interface

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:27 pm

I am trying to write a macro for an interface with several tabs to which I need to navigate based on the text on the tab. I can see the tabs in "View System Windows" and I am wondering if there is a way to select a specific tab other than a mousemove or some convoluted series of TAB, Right Arrow, etc....

SkunkWorks

Danish_Ken · Post by **Danish_Ken** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:52 am

Really depends on how the application you are addressing has been written. Standard Microsoft and similar tabbed apps, can usually be navigated with CTRL+TAB

If the WindowTitle changes to reflect the the current tab name, you could wrap the navigation in a GetActiveWindow> and Repeat> Untill> loop.

In a worst case scenario, with no WindowTitle or any other means of navigating, you could try using GetWindowText>

Good luck
/Ken

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:54 am

thanks for the idea of GetWindowText. As I tab through the app, the window title remains constant, and when I press TAB the 'tab' I need never gets focus. (piece of crap software)...

I don't like them, but I am having to do a MouseMove to select the tab for now.

Skunk

support · Post by **support** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:33 pm

SkunkWorks wrote:and when I press TAB the 'tab' I need never gets focus.

It won't. You need to send CTRL+TAB:

Press CTRL
Press TAB
Release CTRL

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:15 pm

Press CTRL
Press TAB
Release CTRL

has absolutely no effect on this application. A series of TABS does some navigation, but wont' ever reach any of the 'tabs'.