Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Parallels Coherence Windows report isStandard() as false

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#1,118 opened on Dec 1, 2016

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Description

Windows applications running under Parallels Coherence mode show a subrole of AXDialog, which causes hammerspoon's isStandard() to return false. This prevents many scripts from being able to act upon them properly.

I've experimented and determined that allowing kAXDialogSubrole to affect this works for parallels windows.

It may be a good idea to have a variable (like animationDuration) which allows the user to control this behavior from their scripts.

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Research direction
Examine the isStandard() function in the Hammerspoon source code, specifically how it checks window subroles, and add support for kAXDialogSubrole similar to existing subrole handling. Consider adding a user configurable variable like 'standardWindowSubroles' to control the behavior.
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