Process switched trigger

Type: Process switched | Category: Trigger | Icon: 🔀

The Process switched trigger fires when the user switches between applications — when the active/focused window changes. This enables context-aware automation that reacts to which application you're using.

Leave all filters empty to trigger on any process switch.

Settings

Setting Type Default Description
New Process TextMatchSetting Contains, "" Match by the name of the newly focused process
New Process Title TextMatchSetting Contains, "" Match by the window title of the newly focused window
New Match Only Dialogs bool false Only trigger if the new window is a file dialog
Old Process TextMatchSetting Contains, "" Match by the name of the previously focused process
Old Process Title TextMatchSetting Contains, "" Match by the window title of the previously focused window
Old Match Only Dialogs bool false Only trigger if the old window was a file dialog

All text match settings support Exact, Contains, Wildcard, and Regex modes.

Outputs

The trigger outputs a ProcessSwitchEventArgs object.

Default variable mappings

Variable Name Expression Description
processSwitchEvent result The full process switch event

Examples

Auto-hide Fluent Search when switching to a game

Trigger when switching away from a specific app

  • Old Process: Contains, outlook
  • Connect to any operations (e.g., show a notification, run a script)

Detect file dialogs

  • New Match Only Dialogs: true
  • Connect to operations that interact with the file dialog (e.g., navigate to a specific folder)

Tips

  • Use specific process names (Exact match) to avoid triggering on unrelated application switches.
  • This trigger fires frequently — keep connected operations lightweight.
  • Combine with a Condition node to add additional filtering logic.
  • The dialog detection features (NewMatchOnlyDialogs, OldMatchOnlyDialogs) are powerful for automating file open/save workflows.