Chrome TAB

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HSEIVANE
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Chrome TAB

Post by HSEIVANE » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:21 pm

Is there any way to focus or open a chrome tab?

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Dorian (MJT support)
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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:34 am

Yes, depending on what you want to do, some of these options might help :

SetFocus an existing tab :

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SetFocus>Google - Google Chrome
SetFocus using a wildcard :

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SetFocus>Google*
Open a new tab (use n instead of t to open a new window) :

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SetFocus>Google Chrome*
press ctrl
send>t
release ctrl
Or simply open this URL in your default browser :

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ExecuteFile>http://www.google.com

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Re: Chrome TAB

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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:43 pm

This article might help, but in addition could it be a timing issue? In other words, is the script looking for the window slightly before it actually exists?

Tools/View System Windows will help you troubleshoot.

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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by HSEIVANE » Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:16 pm

Not working yet.

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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:26 am

Still the same error? What have you tried? Can you post a screenshot of the tab open in Chrome?

Have you tried identifying the window/tab by dragging the crosshair to it, as per this video?

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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by HSEIVANE » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:54 pm

Solved using image recognition

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Re: Chrome TAB

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:55 pm

Thank you. It was much easier once we received your video and were able to give specific advice relating to it.

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