cross-platform-active-window

cross-platform-active-window

Get active window title in Node.js. (fork of https://github.com/octalmage/active-window, which looks to be unmaintained)

Compatible with Linux, Windows 7+, and OSX;

Usage

var monitor = require('active-window');

callback = function(window){
  try {
    console.log("App: " + window.app);
    console.log("Title: " + window.title);
  }catch(err) {
      console.log(err);
  } 
}
/*Watch the active window 
  @callback
  @number of requests; infinity = -1 
  @interval between requests
*/
//monitor.getActiveWindow(callback,-1,1);

//Get the current active window
monitor.getActiveWindow(callback);

Tested on

• Windows
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
• Linux
  • Raspbian [lxdm]
  • Debian 8 [cinnamon]
• OSX
  • Yosemite 10.10.1

TODO

• Test on more operating systems.
• Use native APIs.

License

MIT