Move / Resize Elements + Window State (UIA Transform + Window)

This is UIA-element-level, not the HWND / title-level geometry in window_layout / window_geometry. TransformPattern moves and resizes a specific control or floating panel (dockable toolbars, MDI children, splitters) that has no top-level window of its own; WindowPattern minimizes / maximizes a window and — most usefully — reports its interaction state, a reliable “is this window ready or modal-blocked?” signal that pixel or title polling can’t give.

• move_element() / resize_element() — TransformPattern,

• set_window_state() — minimize / maximize / restore,

• window_interaction_state() — the readiness / modal-blocked signal.

Each is a thin dispatch onto the injectable accessibility.backends.get_backend() seam — headless-testable via a fake backend; the real UIA calls live in the Windows backend. Imports no PySide6.

Headless API

from je_auto_control import (move_element, resize_element,
                             set_window_state, window_interaction_state)

move_element(100, 200, name="Tool Palette")     # reposition a floating panel
resize_element(640, 480, name="Preview")        # resize a control
set_window_state("maximized", name="Editor")    # normal / maximized / minimized

if window_interaction_state(name="Editor") == "ready":
    ...   # not "blocked_by_modal" / "not_responding" — safe to drive

The element / window is located by name / role / app_name / automation_id (same as the other native-control actions). The actions return bool; window_interaction_state returns ready / blocked_by_modal / not_responding / running / closing (or None if not found).

Executor commands

AC_move_element (x / y), AC_resize_element (width / height), AC_set_window_state (state) and AC_window_interaction_state ({state}). They are exposed as the matching ac_* MCP tools (the actions destructive, the read read-only) and as Script Builder commands under Native UI.