hide/unhide

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Hide or show window
Syntax1 - set state
hid[-] [window]

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Syntax2 - get state
int hid(window)

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Parts
window - top-level or child window. If omitted, uses active window (with hid), or last hidden window (with hid-).

Options: - show. Default: hide.

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Remarks
Syntax1

Hides or shows window.

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Syntax2

Returns 1 if window is hidden, or 0 if visible. Alternatively, use IsWindowVisible function.

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Tips

If hidden is active window, it may stay active even if invisible. Then after hid use act to activate next window (see example).

To unhide and activate, you can use act instead of hid-.

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;Examples
hid "Notepad"  hide "Notepad"
hid- "Notepad"  unhide "Notepad"
hid-  unhide last hidden window
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;Hide Notepad and make next window active:
int h=win("Notepad")
hid h
if(h=win) act