WinMan.Windows 1.0.1

dotnet add package WinMan.Windows --version 1.0.1
NuGet\Install-Package WinMan.Windows -Version 1.0.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="WinMan.Windows" Version="1.0.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add WinMan.Windows --version 1.0.1
#r "nuget: WinMan.Windows, 1.0.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install WinMan.Windows as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=WinMan.Windows&version=1.0.1

// Install WinMan.Windows as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=WinMan.Windows&version=1.0.1

WinMan (Windows/Win32 implementation) <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/veselink1/winman/master/Resources/Icon.png" alt="Logo" width="96">

WinMan - a window management library for .NET with the following features:

  • Platform-agnostic design
  • Event-based API
  • Designed to be used by window management software

See the Documentation.


WinMan is a dependency of FancyWM.

Example 1

Prints added, removed and initially present windows over the course of 10 seconds.

using System;

using WinMan;
using WinMan.Windows;

void TestWinMan()
{
    using IWorkspace workspace = new Win32Workspace();
    workspace.WindowManaging += (s, e) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Window {e.Source} initially present on the workspace!");
    };
    workspace.WindowAdded += (s, e) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Window {e.Source} added to the workspace!");
    };
    workspace.WindowRemoved += (s, e) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Window {e.Source} removed from the workspace!");
    };
    workspace.Open();
    Thread.Sleep(100000);
}

Example 2

Listens to changes to an empty notepad window.

using System;

using WinMan;
using WinMan.Windows;

void TestWinMan()
{
    using IWorkspace workspace = new Win32Workspace();
    workspace.Open();
    var notepad = workspace.GetSnapshot().First(x => x.Title == "Notepad -- Untitled");
    notepad.StateChanged += (s, e) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Notepad is now {e.NewState}!");
    };
    Thread.Sleep(100000);
}

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0-windows7.0 is compatible.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
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