Returns the style or extended style (respectively) of the specified window.
Style := WinGetStyle(WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText) ExStyle := WinGetExStyle(WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText)
Note: On Linux and macOS, the style of a window created by the script is derived from its state: WS_CAPTION or WS_POPUP from the border style, WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME, WS_MINIMIZEBOX and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX from the frame buttons, and WS_VISIBLE, WS_DISABLED, WS_MINIMIZE and WS_MAXIMIZE from the window state. For foreign windows, X11 and Wayland report only WS_CAPTION when the desktop backend reports a decorated window; other Win32 style bits are unavailable. macOS returns 0. WinGetExStyle always returns 0 on Linux and macOS.
Type: String, Integer or Object
If each of these is blank or omitted, the Last Found Window will be used. Otherwise, specify for WinTitle a window title or other criteria to identify the target window and/or for WinText a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility).
ExcludeTitle and ExcludeText can be used to exclude one or more windows by their title or text. Their specification is similar to WinTitle and WinText, except that ExcludeTitle does not recognize any criteria other than the window title.
Window titles and text are case-sensitive. By default, hidden windows are not detected and hidden text elements are detected, unless changed with DetectHiddenWindows and DetectHiddenText. When using pure HWNDs, hidden windows are always detected. By default, a window title can contain WinTitle or ExcludeTitle anywhere inside it to be a match, unless changed with SetTitleMatchMode.
Type: Integer
These functions return the style or extended style (respectively) of the specified window.
A TargetError is thrown if the window could not be found.
See the styles table for a partial listing of styles.
WinSetStyle / WinSetExStyle, ControlGetStyle / ControlGetExStyle, styles table, Win functions, Control functions
Determines whether a window has the WS_DISABLED style. [v2.1-alpha.1+]: This example is only for illustration because it would be easier to use WinGetEnabled.
Style := WinGetStyle("My Window Title")
if (Style & 0x8000000) ; 0x8000000 is WS_DISABLED.
MsgBox "The window is disabled."
Determines whether a window has the WS_EX_TOPMOST style (always-on-top). [v2.1-alpha.1+]: This example is only for illustration because it would be easier to use WinGetAlwaysOnTop.
ExStyle := WinGetExStyle("My Window Title")
if (ExStyle & 0x8) ; 0x8 is WS_EX_TOPMOST.
MsgBox "The window is always-on-top."