WindowsWindowExtension

C++ GodotGDExtension for interaction with Windows OS system windows.

Works with Godot 4.4 and 4.5 - for now. I am thinking about improving it later, when I have more time and my main project Dotami-vrm (check on itch.io) needs it.

Used:

• windows.h c++ library,
• godot c++ headers and gdscript bindings

How to use:

Easy way (release):

Either download my release, extract and copy into addons folder in your project

Manual way:

1: Install Scons on your system 2: Install c++ compiler - you can use Visual Studio Community (I use this one) 3: Go into the directory with SConstruct file and open terminal here, then type scons target=template release for release build 4: In bin folder you should have the release file (the same that you can download)

Simple documentation

It is a very simple script - I needed it so my desktop pet could sit on taskbar and windows (Windows OS) It has two functions that you can use in GDScript:

• get_taskbar_points() - you get and array with two Vector2 structures: first element - upper_left taskbar corner second element - bottom_right taskbar corner

• get_window_informations() - you get an array of godot dictionaries with information about currently opened windows: each dictionary has key-value pairs about the corresponding window:

• "handle": int value of window handle,

• "size": vector2 value of window size,

• "title": window title,

• "position": vector2 window position in screen coordinates

Advice: There will be many strange windows like for example: "Windows Input Experience" with fullscreen size and title: "untittled" - you can make some filtering inside Godot.

I personally filtered out all windows titled "untitled" and with fullscreen size values so my pet sits only on those windows that are meaningful for it.

• is_window_minimized(window_handle) - This will return true if the window is minimized - useful for example for me when player was having his pet sitting on the window and then minimized it.

There is also one useful function that I needed for my transparent windows:

• make_window_click_through(window_index, bool value - true to make window not receiving input and false to make it back to normal) - this will make WindowsOS window transparent and you will be able to click on desktop - Unfortunately Godot will not receive Input, you will need to find a way to work around it.

Feel free to write in issues - suggestions, maybe some bugs, I will try to relate to them

Please note - currently I develop games only as a hobby so my time might be limited.