How can I minimize/maximize windows in macOS from a Python script?
On Windows, there's a win32 api (the ShowWindow() function) that can do this. I'd like the macOS equivalent. I'd like to have a script be able to find a window from its title, then minimize or maximize it.
Is this possible? I assume I need to use the pyobjc module for this.
There are probably different ways to do it, out of which one is by enumerating the running applications and next is enumerating the windows inside the application.
I will show the app approach here
from AppKit import NSApplication, NSApp, NSWorkspace
from Quartz import kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly, kCGNullWindowID, CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo
workspace = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()
activeApps = workspace.runningApplications()
for app in activeApps:
if app.isActive():
options = kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly
windowList = CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(options,
kCGNullWindowID)
for window in windowList:
if window['kCGWindowOwnerName'] == app.localizedName():
print(window.getKeys_)
break
break
This will find the current focused app, you can change the logic based on titles or whatever you want
After the app is found. You can minimize it using
app.hide()
And you can show the app again using
from Cocoa import NSApplicationActivateIgnoringOtherApps, NSApplicationActivateAllWindows
app.unhide()
app.activateWithOptions_(NSApplicationActivateIgnoringOtherApps)
# or
app.activateWithOptions_(NSApplicationActivateIgnoringOtherApps | NSApplicationActivateAllWindows)
Lot of threads I had to refer to get to this solution
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