When I click on a windows application, can I get an ordered list of the elements in it?

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Hello everyone,

I am developing an application similar to windows inspect using the user 32 dlls.I can recursively access children in another Windows application.(EnumChildWindows)

However, my main goal is to be able to get all the elements in the form in order when clicked on the form. Can I get them in order according to the coordinate plane? They will be used to create a similar ui in another application.

Is there any other way to scrape the screen?

What I have tried:

I've tried many user 32 dll methods, but I haven't been able to get the exact coordinate order.

Posted 9-Apr-21 3:22am

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Updated 9-Apr-21 10:00am

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Richard MacCutchan 9-Apr-21 9:55am

No, because that order may change during the life of the program.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2021-04-09T10:00:00

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No, there is no such service.

You'd have to "sort" that data yourself. Get all the window handles and their coordinates and you can "order" them yourself however you want. Windows will not do it for you.

Posted 9-Apr-21 10:00am

Dave Kreskowiak