Forums Scripts & Popups opposite of on *:ACTIVE:?:

what i want to do is get the opposite of on *:ACTIVE:?:, so instead of a command triggering when i first enter a query window, it will trigger when i change windows. only one i can think of is 'on close', but that's pointless as i only want to change the window, and not actually close it

any ideas/codes? thanks in advance

note: i was given an answer on another forum to "use the $lactive with On Active", but cannot seem to get this correctly. dunno if this is correct, or if there's a better solution.

Example:

$lactive represents the window you were just leaving.

yes, i know what $lactive is (and i've already tested out that code from the help file), but i just want some help with it. i cannot seem to get it working properly with my script. i need something like if ($lactive) so my script knows when to do the command.

you don't have to use $lactive if you don't think it's the best method. i juyst gave that note because i was told i could use $lactive to get what i'm looking for

edit:
here's a sample of the code i'm looking for (but i cannot get it to work properly):

on *:ACTIVE:*: {
if ($lactive == $query(0)) {
echo -a aaaaaaaaaaaaa
}
}

i just want something that will echo the next window after the query

I'm not sure I get this right. Do you want to display the next query in the list for every query window being activated?

For example, if you open two queries, /query a and /query b, do you want it to display 'b' everytime you activate 'a'?

I don't know what's the point of it, but here's some code:

errr, i think we're having some problems understanding one another.

all that i want is an opposite of the on *:ACTIVE:?: command. that's it! the only reason i asked for an echo is so i could understand your coding better. so if i wanted the echo to be "blah blah blah", i would like to see that echo when i click on any window AFTER i click on the query.
so i click on the query window, nothing will happen, but than the next window i click on (regardless of which window it is), i will see the echo message.

i really hope you understand now

Ok, basically, you'd simply put an on ACTIVE event with an echo of 'deactivated $lactive'.

If you were to respond only to queries being deactivated, checking $query($lactive) will do the job:
I hope this one is right

/help /signal

ya that was perfect.

thanks for all the help