WinHide
Hides the specified window.
WinHide , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText
Parameters
- WinTitle
A window title or other criteria identifying the target window. See WinTitle.
- WinText
If present, this parameter must be a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility). Hidden text elements are detected if DetectHiddenText is ON.
- ExcludeTitle
Windows whose titles include this value will not be considered.
- ExcludeText
Windows whose text include this value will not be considered.
Remarks
Use WinShow to unhide a hidden window (DetectHiddenWindows can be either On or Off to do this).
This command operates only upon the topmost matching window except when WinTitle is ahk_group GroupName, in which case all windows in the group are affected.
The Explorer taskbar may be hidden/shown as follows:
WinHide ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd WinShow ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
Related
WinShow, SetTitleMatchMode, DetectHiddenWindows, Last Found Window, WinSet
Example
Run, notepad.exe WinWait, Untitled - Notepad Sleep, 500 WinHide ; use the window found above Sleep, 1000 WinShow