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Hi,

As an example: Let's say you open Windows Explorer and from within its "Folder options" window.

Two questions:
01. The folder options window contains a few tabs and subsections with elements.
How do I get the hwnd of this window when the mouse is hovering over any element in this window?

02. How do I get the hwnd of the "root" window (the hwnd of the belonging Windows Explorer window) under the same assumption that the mouse is over any element in the folder options window?

Or more generalized:
How should this be done for any application (finding the hwnd of the window that the current hovered element belongs to and finding the hwnd of the main (if the current window is a child window) window)?

Tia,
Jacky

Try this

Get hwnd from mouse pos: Get root:

Thank you, Mijikai!

Get hwnd from mouse pos

This works fine.

GetAncestor_(hwnd,#GA_ROOT)

This doesn't get me the hwnd of the window that the (sub) window belongs too.

E.g. if the folder options window is open and the mouse is inside of it, it returns
the hwnd of that folder options window and not the hwnd of the window it "belongs too" (the main Windows Explorer window)

For the 'root' window u can also try one of these Apis:

Mijikai wrote:For the 'root' window u can also try one of these Apis:

Code: Select all

;GetWindow_() -> with #GW_OWNER
;GetPartent_()

A typo

Bisonte wrote: A typo

Thanks Mijikai, is what I was looking for