Hover cursor outside of GUI

[scriptor2016]

Hi I've made a script with a GUI that requires you to place your cursor inside of it. When you hover your cursor outside of the GUI, it sends a command depending on which side of the GUI you crossed the cursor over.

For example if you place the cursor in the middle of the GUI and then move the cursor over the right edge and outside the GUI, it sends a command. Now if you move the cursor outside of the GUI by crossing over the top edge, it sends a different command, and so on. Clicking down on the GUI and dragging will move the GUI around the screen.

My question: sometimes when you move the cursor outside of the GUI slowly, it misses the command, requiring you to do it again.

Is there a way to have it so that it will always detect the cursor moving outside of the GUI, regardless of how fast the cursor is moving?

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#NoEnv
#NoTrayIcon
SetBatchLines, -1
Coordmode, Mouse, Screen


Gui, +Resize -Caption +AlwaysOnTop -0x30000 -SysMenu  
Gui, Color, 996666
Gui, Show, w150 h150, PANEL
winmove, PANEL,, 200, 500

OnMessage(0x201, "WM_LBUTTONDOWN")
OnMessage(0x200, "WM_MOUSEMOVE")
Return

WM_MOUSEMOVE() {
   wingetpos, winX1, winY1, W1, H1, PANEL
   MouseGetPos, X1, Y1
   Sleep, 1
   MouseGetPos, X2, Y2
   GUIHeight := winY1 + H1
   GUIWidth  := winX1 + W1
   
   GUIWidthRightEdge := winX1 + W1 
   GUIWidthRightEdge -= 25
   
   GUIHeightBottomEdge := winY1 + H1 
   GUIHeightBottomEdge -= 25
   
   winX1 += 25
   winY1 += 25
   
	  If (X2 > X1) and (X2 > GUIWidthRightEdge) and (Y2 > winY1) and (Y2 < GUIHeight) ;glide cursor from inside GUI to outside right edge
      {
	  tooltip, right
      X1 := X2
	  W1 := W2
      }

	  If (X2 < X1) and (X2 < winX1) and (Y2 > winY1) and (Y2 < GUIHeight) ;glide cursor from inside GUI to outside left edge
      {
	  tooltip, left
      X1 := X2
	  W1 := W2
      }
	  
	  If (Y2 > Y1) and (Y2 > GUIHeightBottomEdge) and (X2 > winX1) and (X2 < GUIWidth) ;glide cursor from inside GUI to outside bottom edge
      {
	  tooltip, bottom
      Y1 := Y2
	  Y1 := Y2
      }
	  
	  If (Y2 < Y1) and (Y2 < winY1) and (X2 > winX1) and (X2 < GUIWidth) ;glide cursor from inside GUI to outside top edge
      {
	  tooltip, top
      Y1 := Y2
	  Y1 := Y2
      }

}
return

WM_LBUTTONDOWN() {
PostMessage, 0xA1, 2,,, A 
return
}

[TheDewd]

I think you should be able to use OnMessage(0x2A3, "WM_MOUSELEAVE")

See my post here: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 37#p149837

I use WM_MOUSELEAVE to hide images when the mouse leaves the GUI.

[scriptor2016]

I've tried playing around with MouseLeave, but haven't had any luck with it.

I've shortened the script just to test it out, but when the cursor leaves the GUI, the tooltip doesn't show up:

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#NoEnv
#NoTrayIcon
SetBatchLines, -1
Coordmode, Mouse, Screen


Gui, +Resize -Caption +AlwaysOnTop -0x30000 -SysMenu  
Gui, Color, 996666
Gui, Show, w150 h150, PANEL
winmove, PANEL,, 200, 500

OnMessage(0x2A3, "WM_MOUSELEAVE")
Return

WM_MOUSELEAVE() {
 tooltip, cursor has left the gui
}
return

[Helgef]

You might be interested in this topic: OnMessage(0x200, "OnMouseMove") .

Cheers.

[scriptor2016]

Hi Helgef, may I ask a question?


In the script below, when the cursor leaves the GUI, the tooltip says something like "Mouse left gui @ 999749536"

What does 999749536 represent?

[scriptor2016]

Hi Helgef, may I ask a question?


In the script below, when the cursor leaves the GUI, the tooltip says something like "Mouse left gui @ 999749536"

What does 999749536 represent?

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OnMessage(0x200, "OnMouseMove")

gui, +hwndguiId

; This doesn't work on 64 bit
/*
typedef struct tagTRACKMOUSEEVENT {
  DWORD cbSize;
  DWORD dwFlags;
  HWND  hwndTrack;
  DWORD dwHoverTime;
} TRACKMOUSEEVENT, *LPTRACKMOUSEEVENT;
*/

WM_MOUSELEAVE:=0x2A3
cbSize:=A_PtrSize=4?16:24
TME_LEAVE:=0x00000002
dwFlags:=TME_LEAVE


VarSetCapacity(TRACKMOUSEEVENT, cbSize,0)
NumPut(cbSize, TRACKMOUSEEVENT, 0, "Uint")
NumPut(dwFlags, TRACKMOUSEEVENT, 4, "Uint")
NumPut(guiId, TRACKMOUSEEVENT, 8, "Ptr")
; NumPut(0, TRACKMOUSEEVENT, 8+A_PtrSize, "Uint") ; Not needed

if !DllCall("User32.dll\TrackMouseEvent", "Ptr", &TRACKMOUSEEVENT)
	Msgbox fail
else
	OnMessage(WM_MOUSELEAVE, "WM_MOUSELEAVE")

gui, show, w200 h200

OnMouseMove(){
	global TRACKMOUSEEVENT
	OnMessage(0x200, "OnMouseMove", 0)
	DllCall("User32.dll\TrackMouseEvent", "Ptr", &TRACKMOUSEEVENT)
	ToolTip % "Mouse entered gui @ " A_TickCount,0,0
}

WM_MOUSELEAVE(){
	ToolTip, % "Mouse left gui @ " A_TickCount,0,0
	OnMessage(0x200, "OnMouseMove")
}
esc::
guiclose:
	exitapp

[Helgef]

Those numbers are from A_TickCount, I guess Helgef2017 liked the visual effect .

Cheers.

[scriptor2016]

Do they represent coordinates?

[gregster]

A_TickCount (<<<< this is clickable, btw) is a built-in AHK variable that gets some info from your computer: "It is the number of milliseconds since the computer was rebooted." (from the docs)
There a lot of built-in variables, you might have encountered some of them before: https://autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#BuiltIn Many start with A_, some not.

[scriptor2016]

Ok, now I get it

I couldn't figure out what it was, I was looking for some kind of a pattern or something to determine what it meant but it always seemed random. Now I know it's milliseconds. Thanks