Perform Action to the Window Gesture is Made instead of Active Window

Kai

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Mar 12, 2024, 1:03:51 PMMar 12

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Good day!

As stated in subject, is there a way to perform action to the window where gesture is made (active or not), rather than active window?

For example I have maximized windows on both screens, with window on the left screen active. When I make gesture on the right screen to close tab I want it to perform only to the right screen window. Is it possible?

Thank you in advance!

AutoControl support

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Mar 12, 2024, 5:44:46 PMMar 12

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Yes. You must use the "CLOSE TABS" advanced action and apply it to the "Hovered tab".

Kai

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Mar 13, 2024, 11:11:07 AMMar 13

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Thanks for your reply! I actually tried this, but the action still happened on the active screen rather than the hovered screen. Could there be something I missed?

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Mar 13, 2024, 5:22:09 PMMar 13

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I your action looks exactly like the screenshot from yesterday, then the only explanation for it not working is some sort of malfunction or bug.

Please mention your browser brand and version as well as your Windows version so we can attempt to reproduce the issue.

M. Visser

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Jun 4, 2024, 5:18:43 AMJun 4

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Hello,

Is this also possible with a switch to left/right tab action? I'm using hold right, press left to switch to left tab; this works only on the active window. When going the other way, it only works on the window the mouse pointer is over when I hold the left button for a second. If I go a little too fast it still performs the action on the active window. The right button trigger has a full override as not to open the context menu, if that makes a difference.

I've been using these gestures (with another extension) for years and I'd rather not have to relearn muscle memory...

Thanks in advance!

Op dinsdag 12 maart 2024 om 22:44:46 UTC+1 schreef AutoControl support:

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Jun 4, 2024, 12:24:31 PMJun 4

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SmartUp is pulled from google chrome store. People are looking for a replacement. I suggest you make some default gestures for people that are not so tech savvy. I am a dev myself. I was having some tough time adding the "apply to ". I had basically add a action from a file by other users to get the apply to.

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Jun 4, 2024, 12:28:45 PMJun 4

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Finally found the apply to in advanced actions, That was not the best UX. I would prefer tp have option to toggle the apply to in regular action.

On Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 5:22:09 AM UTC+8 AutoControl support wrote:

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Jun 4, 2024, 12:30:59 PMJun 4

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I think there is a great marketing opportunity for autoControl to be great replacement for smartUp. UX is not very easy ATM even for a dev like me.

On Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 5:22:09 AM UTC+8 AutoControl support wrote:

Taan Stari

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Jun 4, 2024, 4:56:44 PMJun 4

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This is how I just managed to do it.

Dne úterý 4. června 2024 v 11:18:43 UTC+2 uživatel M. Visser napsal:

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Jun 4, 2024, 8:41:16 PMJun 4

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To those who've replied to this thread in the past 24 hours, please see the following post which addresses those issues:

https://groups.google.com/g/autocontrol_app/c/H26wUUhPMq4

M. Visser

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Jun 6, 2024, 4:24:55 AMJun 6

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Thank you Taan, I'll try it out!

Op dinsdag 4 juni 2024 om 22:56:44 UTC+2 schreef Taan Stari:

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