[PowerToys]Mouse without borders: Disable Easy mouse when the foreground application is in fullscreen mode - docs #5470
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Accepted suggestion for Ignored fullscreen applications setting. Co-authored-by: Alvin Ashcraft <73072+alvinashcraft@users.noreply.github.com>
Accepted suggestion for disable easy mouse when an application is in fullscreen Co-authored-by: Alvin Ashcraft <73072+alvinashcraft@users.noreply.github.com>
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…machine when an application is running in fullscreen mode. (#39854) <!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)? --> ## Summary of the Pull Request This PR adds a new feature to Easy Mouse, it is now possible to toggle a setting that will prevent Easy Mouse to switch away from the host machine when the foreground application is running in full screen mode, requiring the user to first alt tab out of the application before performing the switch, this also comes with a way to allow the switch on specific apps.  <!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting--> ## PR Checklist - [x] **Closes:** #32197 - [x] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors already. If work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected - [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass - [x] **Localization:** All end user facing strings can be localized - [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated - [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places - [ ] [JSON for signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json) for new binaries - [ ] [WXS for installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs) for new binaries and localization folder - [ ] [YML for CI pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml) for new test projects - [ ] [YML for signed pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml) - [x] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request on [our docs repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys) and link it here: MicrosoftDocs/windows-dev-docs#5470 <!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed or any additional comments/features here --> ## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments This PR changes the way Easy Mouse checks wherever it should move to another machine, after checking that the corresponding setting is enabled and that we are trying to move away from the host machine, it will run a test using native WinAPI methods to get the foreground window and check if it is running in full screen. If it is, it will then check the name of the executable against a list of ignored app configured by the user, if the executable is found in that list, the switch will be allowed despite the application running in full screen. These new settings were moved along with the original Easy Mouse toggle to a new "Easy Mouse" setting group to avoid cluttering the Keyboard shortcuts group. This feature will only work when used from the controller machine, as I didn't find a way to easily check for running application on a remote machine that didn't involved touching the sockets, I felt like such a change would be out of scope for this issue. <!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well --> ## Validation Steps Performed I had a hard time writing tests and didn't achieve anything meaningful enough to be included, I may require some guidance on how to properly write tests for this project. I tested my changes by running my modified version of MouseWithoutBorders on my machines, which I did for a few days now, It allowed me to catch a few bugs, but it has been running smoothly otherwise. My changes didn't seemed to have caused any automated tests to fail. It may require some additional testing for setups including more than two machines. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Kai Tao (from Dev Box) <kaitao@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl> Co-authored-by: Gordon Lam (SH) <yeelam@microsoft.com>
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PowerToys linked PR : microsoft/PowerToys#39854