- 1 year ago
Is it possible to execute the "Auto-hide the taskbar" feature using the Windows API?
Yes, it is possible to execute the "Auto-hide the taskbar" feature using the Windows API.
The taskbar is a Windows shell object, and it can be manipulated through the Windows API. To toggle the "Auto-hide the taskbar" feature on or off, you can use the SHAppBarMessage
function from the Windows API.
Here is an example code snippet in C++ that demonstrates how to toggle the "Auto-hide the taskbar" feature:
c#include <Windows.h>
int main()
{
HWND hwnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
if (hwnd != NULL)
{
APPBARDATA data;
data.cbSize = sizeof(APPBARDATA);
data.hWnd = hwnd;
data.lParam = ABS_AUTOHIDE;
SHAppBarMessage(ABM_SETSTATE, &data);
}
return 0;
}
This code snippet finds the taskbar window by calling FindWindow
with the class name "Shell_TrayWnd". It then creates an APPBARDATA
structure, sets the hWnd
member to the taskbar window handle, and sets the lParam
member to ABS_AUTOHIDE
to indicate that the "Auto-hide the taskbar" feature should be toggled. Finally, it calls SHAppBarMessage
with the ABM_SETSTATE
message to set the taskbar state to the value specified in data
.
Note that this code snippet is in C++, but you can call the SHAppBarMessage
function from other programming languages that support the Windows API.