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How to check if the timeline window is active?

Community Beginner ,
Aug 24, 2025 Aug 24, 2025

I'm working on a Premiere Pro extension,
I want the extension to check if the timeline panel is active, then execute a code.
Is there a way to achieve this?

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Engaged , Aug 25, 2025 Aug 25, 2025

the classNN value will change constantly; whether that be just randomly one day on reboot, anytime you adjust your layout slightly, etc. It's not really a reliable value when it comes to scripting premiere unfortunately.

I haven't found any simple way to determine timeline focus myself - personally I use the UIA.ahk library to determine the coordinates of the timeline once (as it's more reliable when it comes to determining them than using classNN values for whatever reason) and store that in a c

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 25, 2025 Aug 25, 2025

I did not know that about Excalibur. I guess somehow we're both using the same logic for effect application.
I did think about DPI and different resolutions before beginning to develop this, so I do agree with you that this has a lot of hurdles in implementation. I do have a few parameters in mind that would minimize the frequency of the image search, but for now, I don't have any other alternatives. So till I can think of another way, this "jugaad" will have to suffice.

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 25, 2025 Aug 25, 2025

@Tom_edit Here's the program in action

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