Hotkey to Switch to Open Pidgin Window

1. The problem with assigning hotkeys to Pidgin is that the GTK system assigns all the window names similarly - and Pidgin makes the conversation window have the title with the name of the person you are currently talking to. So I wrote up a function that assigns Alt+P to switch to the Pidgin conversation window. (I'm using the Pidgin hotkeys plugin to assign a hotkey to open/close the buddy list)

   !p::
   {
   	DetectHiddenWindows, Off
   	SetTitleMatchMode,2
   	IfWinActive,ahk_class gdkWindowToplevel
   	{
   		IfWinActive Buddy List
   		{
   		}
   		Else
   		{
   		 PostMessage, 0x112, 0xF020,,, ahk_class gdkWindowToplevel, ;  0x112 = WM_SYSCOMMAND, 0xF020 = SC_MINIMIZE
   		}
   	}
   	Else
   	{
   		DetectHiddenWindows, Off
   		SetTitleMatchMode,2
   		IfWinExist, ahk_class gdkWindowToplevel,,Buddy List
   		{
   			WinActivate
   		}
   	}
   Return
   }

   This function isn't perfect, though - if the buddy list is currently active, you have to hide it before switching to the conversation window. If anybody can suggest a better way to do it, please respond!

   
   

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   howtogeek
   

   Reputation:176

   Posted 9 months ago

   
   

2. Couldn't you change that IfWinActive to this:

   IfWinNotActive Buddy List
      PostMessage, 0x112, 0xF020,,, ahk_class gdkWindowToplevel, ;  0x112 = WM_SYSCOMMAND, 0xF020 = SC_MINIMIZE

   Would make the code shorter.

   
   

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   androider
   

   Reputation:7

   Posted 9 months ago

   
   

3. This is a good one. Glad you figured out how to do it cause I could never get it to work right.

   Where is the hotkeys plugin at?

   
   

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   crazygeek
   

   Reputation:11

   Posted 8 months ago

   
   

4. @crazygeek:

   You can find the hotkeys plugin here: http://pidgin-hotkeys.sourceforge.net/

   
   

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   howtogeek
   

   Reputation:176

   Posted 8 months ago

   
   

5. Ohhh man I have wanted to do this forever. How do I install it?

   
   

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   Earel
   

   Reputation:4

   Posted 8 months ago

   
   

6. @Earel

   Install AutoHotkey, then New -> AutoHotkey script from the context menu. Then paste it in, save, and double click on it.

   
   

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   Jaewan
   

   Reputation:3

   Posted 8 months ago

   
   

7. Seems like you could use this technique for a lot of stuff

   
   

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   Brystan
   

   Reputation:5

   Posted 8 months ago