Bringing Rainmeter skins into focus

[Jeff]

Anyone have this utility still/

Remake it with AutoHotKey, make an AutoHotKey file with

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for a, b in A_Args {
WinActivate, %b%
}

and inside your Rainmeter skin just add MouseOverAction=["#CURRENTPATH#stealfocus.ahk" "#CURRENTPATH##CURRENTFILE#"] anywhere in the skin (any meter or [Rainmeter] section itself) and it will steal focus

This works because the skin's window title is exactly the same as the file path. The only part not covered under warranty by my lack of ahk is when a text editor has the same title as the file name, which I don't think the devs even thought about.

[jsmorley]

If you don't want to install AutoHotKey, you can use this:

StealFocus.zip

Skin:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1
OnFocusAction=[!SetOption MeterFocusMe Text "I have Gained Focus"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
OnUnfocusAction=[!SetOption MeterFocusMe Text "I have Lost Focus"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]

[MeterFocusMe]
Meter=String
FontSize=11
FontWeight=400
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Starting Text
MouseOverAction=["#@#StealFocus.exe" "#CURRENTPATH##CURRENTFILE#"]

StealFocus.ahk:

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for a, b in A_Args {
WinActivate, %b%
}

Keep in mind that OnFocusAction in Rainmeter is about "gaining" focus, not about "having" focus. If you right-click a skin and refresh it, it will already have focus and OnFocusAction will not be fired.

Keep in mind as well that OnFocusAction is about the entire skin "window", and can't be used on any individual meters in a skin.

Lastly, keep in mind that while you can use this StealFocus.exe utility to cause a skin window to "gain" focus with a MouseOverAction, nothing but an actual mouse click somewhere other than the skin will cause the skin to "lose" focus.

If you want to know what window "has" focus, you might use this:

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=33146#p164704

[Mor3bane]

Gah!

Nothing is working outside my latest report of losing functionality after loss of focus - I may be doing it wrong so I've attached in case I interpreted thing incorrectly.

Blackout_1.2.rmskin

[eclectic-tech]

Gah!

Nothing is working outside my latest report of losing functionality after loss of focus - I may be doing it wrong so I've attached in case I interpreted thing incorrectly.
Blackout_1.2.rmskin

I offered a solution for your skin in your other post here...