Submenus listing

[SASL]

Hello,

I want to check a specific submenu (File explorer --> View --> extra large icons).

My code is like this:

ShellExecuteWait("C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE",@ScriptDir)
$hWnd=WinWaitActive(@ScriptDir, "", 0)
$nnn=_GUICtrlMenu_GetMenu($hWnd)
$nnnn=_GUICtrlMenu_FindItem($nnn,"view")
ConsoleWrite($nnnn)

I get 3 which is the correct order of "View".

What would be the next line to find the submenu "extra large icons"?

Thanks for help.

 

but i get a failure
 

[Jos]

Why are you trying to use _GUI* UDFs as the shown GUI isn't your own?
I see you did it earlier with the appropriate command:

If that doesn't work then post your script that is runnable as the posted script is obviously not working.

Jos

Edited January 30, 2021 by Jos

[SASL]

Hi.

You are perfectly right: using Send works, as stated earlier.

But I want to identify and manipulate submenus as another way to get the result.

So how can I list the submenus of a specific selected Menu ? For example if I want to check Ascending or Descending View in File Explorer?

Thanks for your quick reply.

[Jos]

I was not referring  to Send() but that other function in there.  

[SASL]

Excuse me, but I dont understand your comments which are too smart for me.

My only concern is: Can I find a function for Submenus like the one for Menus (_GUICtrlMenu_FindItem)?

[Jos]

Which other command have you used in the linked post? .... can't be that hard!  

[SASL]

WinMenuSelectItem("Documents", "", "View", "Extra large icons")?

 

[SASL]

In fact, WinList() doesnt give the handle of File Explorer Window!

Is there an explanation?

[Nine]

Yes WinList does provide all File Explorer handles and titles.  You need to look at little closer.  To help you, you could list all windows classes along with the handle, it would make it obvious then.

[SASL]

I tried this one 

WinList("[CLASS:CabinetWClass]") and it gave me 2 items: one is File Explorer and the other has the name of the Directory I am exploring.

When using the handles, I couldn't get any Menu from them !

What to do?

 

[Nine]

Use UIAutomation. The _GUICtrlMenu* functions does not work with Explorer.  You will need to send keys otherwise...Or use this :

 

[SASL]

Very interesting. I will take a look at it. Thanks a lot.