IS:WindowSnapper

A 5-box crew in WoW showing WindowSnapper and ClickBoxer (click to see full pic)

What is WindowSnapper?

3 WindowSnapper windows on top of a full-sized WoW (click to see full pic)

WindowSnapper is an open source Picture-in-Picture solution for Inner Space. Although configuration is not simplified by this particular solution, it does make instant Picture-in-Picture easy.

Future versions or custom modifications could include an in-game user interface window to help with configuration.

Features

WindowSnapper does these things on a per session basis

• Automatically instantly resizes and positions the window, including always on top) when it is no longer the active foreground window (the window "snaps to" this position and back to what it was).
• Size and position of the switched window is configurable both during run-time and when launched
• CTRL+ALT+P hotkey causes snapper to ignore the next time the window is sent to the background (press again to change your mind)

Installing WindowSnapper

1. Make sure you have Inner Space build 4700 or later (you can hover your mouse over the icon in the system tray to find out)
2. Download the latest version: windowsnapper-20081031.zip
3. Extract to the Scripts folder of your Inner Space installation

Launching WindowSnapper

Per Inner Space session you want to snap, enter the following command in the console

run windowsnapper

This will spit out the following information

WindowSnapper: Window will snap to 800,0 with size 320x240
To change snap position, enter command (e.g.) snappos 123,456
To change snap size, enter command (e.g.) snapsize 640x480
WindowSnapper also accepts -size 640x480 and -pos 123,456 as parameters, such as
run windowsnapper -size 640x480 -pos 123,456

To launch WindowSnapper with a custom snap-to size, pass a -size parameter as follows (180x120 is only an example size)

run windowsnapper -size 180x120

To launch WindowSnapper with a custom snap-to position, pass a -pos parameter as follows (100,100 is only an example position)

run windowsnapper -pos 100,100

To launch WindowSnapper with both a custom snap-to position and size, pass both parameters as follows

run windowsnapper -size 180x120 -pos 100,100

Changing configuration during run-time

To change the snap-to position while WindowSnapper is running, use the snappos command as follows

snappos 100,100

To change the snap-to size while WindowSnapper is running, use the snapsize command as follows

snapsize 180x120

Release history

• 10-31-2008
  • Window frame style is now stored and restored, instead of always snapping back to a thick frame (resizable window)

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