WinGetTitle

Retrieves the title of the specified window.

WinGetTitle, OutputVar , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

Parameters

OutputVar

The name of the variable in which to store the retrieved title.

WinTitle

A window title or other criteria identifying the target window. See WinTitle.

WinText

If present, this parameter must be a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility). Hidden text elements are detected if DetectHiddenText is ON.

ExcludeTitle

Windows whose titles include this value will not be considered.

ExcludeText

Windows whose text include this value will not be considered.

Remarks

If there is no matching window, OutputVar is made blank.

To discover the name of the window that the mouse is currently hovering over, use MouseGetPos.

Window titles and text are case sensitive. Hidden windows are not detected unless DetectHiddenWindows has been turned on.

WinGetActiveStats, WinGetActiveTitle, WinGetClass, WinGet, WinGetText, ControlGetText, WinGetPos

Examples

Retrieves and reports the title of the active window.

WinGetTitle, Title, A
MsgBox, The active window is "%Title%".