Added getAllApps() and getAllAppsWindows() methods

README.md

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ All these functions are available at the moment, in all three platforms (Windows
 |  getMousePos  |  activate  |    |  
 |  getScreenSize  |  resize / resizeRel  |  |   
 |  getWorkArea  |  resizeTo  |  |
-|  version  |  move / moveRel  |  |  
-|  |  moveTo  |  |  
-|  |  alwaysOnTop  |    |
+|  getAllApps  |  move / moveRel  |  |  
+|  getAllAppsWindows |  moveTo  |  |  
+|  version  |  alwaysOnTop  |    |
 |  |  alwaysOnBottom  |    |  
 |  |  lowerWindow  |    |  
 |  |  raiseWindow  |    |  

src/pywinctl/_pywinctl_linux.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
+import timeit
 from typing import Union, List
 
 import Xlib.X
@@ -140,6 +141,23 @@ def findit(hwnd):
     return matches
 
 
+def getAllApps():
+    """Returns a list of all active apps."""
+    return list(getAllAppsWindows().keys())
+
+
+def getAllAppsWindows():
+    """Returns a list of all active apps and their open windows."""
+    result = {}
+    for win in getAllWindows():
+        appName = win.getAppName()
+        if appName in result.keys():
+            result[appName].append(win.title)
+        else:
+            result[appName] = [win.title]
+    return result
+
+
 class LinuxWindow(BaseWindow):
 
     def __init__(self, hWnd: Union[Cursor, Drawable, Pixmap, Resource, Fontable, Window, GC, Colormap, Font]):

src/pywinctl/_pywinctl_win.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import threading
+import timeit
 from typing import List
 
 import win32api
@@ -105,6 +106,44 @@ def enum_windows(handle: int, h_list: list):
         return []
 
 
+def _getAllApps(tryToFilter=False):
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/550653/cross-platform-way-to-get-pids-by-process-name-in-python
+    WMI = GetObject('winmgmts:')
+    processes = WMI.InstancesOf('Win32_Process')
+    process_list = [(p.Properties_("ProcessID").Value, p.Properties_("Name").Value, p.Properties_("CommandLine").Value) for p in processes]
+    if tryToFilter:
+        # Trying to figure out how to identify user-apps (non-system apps). Commandline property seems to partially work
+        matches = []
+        for item in process_list:
+            if item[2]:
+                matches.append(item)
+        process_list = matches
+    return process_list
+
+
+def getAllApps():
+    """Returns a list of all active apps."""
+    return list(getAllAppsWindows().keys())
+
+
+def getAllAppsWindows():
+    """Returns a list of all active apps and their open windows."""
+    process_list = _getAllApps(tryToFilter=True)
+    result = {}
+    for win in getAllWindows():
+        pID = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(win.getHandle())
+        for item in process_list:
+            appPID = item[0]
+            appName = item[1]
+            if appPID == pID[1]:
+                if appName in result.keys():
+                    result[appName].append(win.title)
+                else:
+                    result[appName] = [win.title]
+                break
+    return result
+
+
 class Win32Window(BaseWindow):
     def __init__(self, hWnd: int):
         super().__init__()
@@ -321,12 +360,11 @@ def getAppName(self) -> int:
         processes = WMI.InstancesOf('Win32_Process')
         process_list = [(p.Properties_("ProcessID").Value, p.Properties_("Name").Value) for p in processes]
         pID = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(self._hWnd)
+        pID = pID[1]
         name = ""
-        if len(pID) > 1:
-            pID = pID[1]
-            for item in process_list:
-                if item[0] == pID:
-                    name = item[1]
+        for item in process_list:
+            if item[0] == pID:
+                name = item[1]
         return name
 
     def getParent(self) -> int: