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Send key sequence to running application

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:22:00 +0000

I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it. Pointers? Thanks!

Answer by djcp for
I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it.

Pointers? Thanks!

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:40:06 +0000

Thanks! "xdotool" was exactly what I needed. This is what I went with, it works great. # Rdio Pause bindsym $mod+control+space exec xdotool search --name Rdio && xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name Rdio) space # Rdio Next bindsym $mod+control+n exec xdotool search --name Rdio && xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name Rdio) Right # Rdio Previous bindsym $mod+control+p exec xdotool search --name Rdio && xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name Rdio) Left

Answer by Flugsio for
I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it.

Pointers? Thanks!

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:54:32 +0000

Something like this in your config, haven't tested it. bindsym $mod+space exec "xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name Rdio | head -1) space"

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Send key sequence to running application

Answer by djcp for I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it. Pointers? Thanks!

Answer by Flugsio for I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it. Pointers? Thanks!

Answer by djcp for
I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it.

Pointers? Thanks!

Answer by Flugsio for
I'm looking for a way to send a specific sequence of keys to a running application, if it exists. For instance, I'd like to bind Mod + < space > to, say, pause my music player by finding the window named "rdio" and sending a keystoke to it.

Pointers? Thanks!