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AHK Script for Active Window Border in Windows 11 22H2
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| ; | |
| ; Inspiration / Code Jacked from the following resources: | |
| ; https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsporn/comments/x6299x/a_small_effect_on_window_switching/ | |
| ; https://superuser.com/questions/1190658/fine-tune-this-red-border-around-active-window-ahk-script/1191059#1191059?newreg=d3acdcdab8714e76a5efeca9996e792f | |
| ; https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=110505 | |
| ; https://discord.com/channels/898554690126630914/898556726108901386/1053662963585781760 # Komorebi Discord | |
| ; | |
| #NoEnv | |
| #SingleInstance, Force | |
| #Persistent | |
| SendMode, Input | |
| SetBatchLines, -1 | |
| SetWorkingDir, %A_ScriptDir% | |
| Gui +LastFound | |
| hWnd := WinExist() | |
| DllCall("RegisterShellHookWindow", UInt,hWnd) | |
| MsgNum := DllCall("RegisterWindowMessage", Str,"SHELLHOOK") | |
| OnMessage(MsgNum, "ShellMessage") | |
| Return | |
| ShellMessage(wParam,lParam) { | |
| Local k | |
| if (wParam = 32772){ | |
| SetTimer, DrawActive, -1 | |
| } | |
| } | |
| DrawActive: | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; Border Color Configuration | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| border_color := "0x6238FF" | |
| ; Start by removing the borders from all windows, since we do not know which window was previously active | |
| WinGet, WindowHandles, List | |
| loop % WindowHandles | |
| { | |
| DrawBorder(WindowHandles%A_Index%, , 0) | |
| } | |
| ; Draw the border around the active window | |
| hwnd := WinExist("A") | |
| DrawBorder(hwnd, border_color, 1) | |
| Return | |
| DrawBorder(hwnd, color:=0xFF0000, enable:=1) { | |
| static DWMWA_BORDER_COLOR := 34 | |
| static DWMWA_COLOR_DEFAULT := 0xFFFFFFFF | |
| R := (color & 0xFF0000) >> 16 | |
| G := (color & 0xFF00) >> 8 | |
| B := (color & 0xFF) | |
| color := (B << 16) | (G << 8) | R | |
| DllCall("dwmapi\DwmSetWindowAttribute", "ptr", hwnd, "int", DWMWA_BORDER_COLOR, "int*", enable ? color : DWMWA_COLOR_DEFAULT, "int", 4) | |
| } |
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Check out both "cute-borders" and "tacky-borders".
They both accomplish active window highlighting, and both have far more configuration options. They can both do a different color per app. tacky-borders is even more flexible with the line thickness, and even has animated borders.