i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 27 May 2014 06:37:45 +0000Output urgent workspace name to notify-sendhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/Is there a way to output the urgent workspace name to a notify-send message? I can call a for___window hint to display a message with notify-send such as: for_window [urgent=latest] exec notify-send "your message here". I would like to add the workspace name or window name to the output of notify-send. Thanks.Mon, 19 May 2014 22:06:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/Comment by Adaephon for <p>Is there a way to output the urgent workspace name to a notify-send message? I can call a for<em>_</em>window hint to display a message with notify-send such as: for_window [urgent=latest] exec notify-send "your message here". I would like to add the workspace name or window name to the output of notify-send. Thanks.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3854#comment-3854I, think that will be difficult: it seem that i3 only exposes that a window has an urgent flag but not which window has the latest urgent flag. So you will probably have to keep track of urgent windows yourself.Tue, 20 May 2014 09:11:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3854#comment-3854Comment by casucci for <p>Is there a way to output the urgent workspace name to a notify-send message? I can call a for<em>_</em>window hint to display a message with notify-send such as: for_window [urgent=latest] exec notify-send "your message here". I would like to add the workspace name or window name to the output of notify-send. Thanks.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3857#comment-3857Thank you for your reply.Tue, 20 May 2014 16:08:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3857#comment-3857Answer by Michael for <p>Is there a way to output the urgent workspace name to a notify-send message? I can call a for<em>_</em>window hint to display a message with notify-send such as: for_window [urgent=latest] exec notify-send "your message here". I would like to add the workspace name or window name to the output of notify-send. Thanks.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?answer=3875#post-id-3875Sure, but you’ll need to write a custom script to do that. See http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html Get the layout tree, search for nodes that have the urgent property set to true and then call your command.Sun, 25 May 2014 18:02:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?answer=3875#post-id-3875Comment by casucci for <p>Sure, but you’ll need to write a custom script to do that. See <a href="http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html">http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html</a></p> <p>Get the layout tree, search for nodes that have the urgent property set to true and then call your command.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3889#comment-3889Thanks Michael. I used get_workspaces and wrote a bash script with the help of jshon to parse the output.Tue, 27 May 2014 06:37:45 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3852/output-urgent-workspace-name-to-notify-send/?comment=3889#comment-3889