How to match all windows except current focused window?

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 03:07:25 +0000

There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Answer by denzen for
There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 11:34:55 +0000

I hoped there was a built-in way to do it in i3wm. In Openbox there is: ` no

Comment by i3convert for
I hoped there was a built-in way to do it in i3wm. In Openbox there is:

`<action name="ForEach"> <focused>no</focused> <then> <action...`

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:42:52 +0000

You can always submit a feature request or provide a patch yourself. By the way, you shouldn't add comments as answers.

Answer by i3convert for
There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 05:41:40 +0000

You can always write a script that parses the output of the shell command `i3-msg -t get_tree` to extract IDs of all windows that match your criteria (whatever they are). Then you can use those identifiers to match the windows one by one.

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How to match all windows except current focused window?

Answer by denzen for There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Comment by i3convert for I hoped there was a built-in way to do it in i3wm. In Openbox there is: <action name="ForEach"> <focused>no</focused> <then> <action...

Answer by i3convert for There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Answer by denzen for
There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?

Comment by i3convert for
I hoped there was a built-in way to do it in i3wm. In Openbox there is:

`<action name="ForEach"> <focused>no</focused> <then> <action...`

Answer by i3convert for
There's a nice value "focused" by which to match all windows. Is it possible to match windows by "unfocused"? How to match all windows except the focused one?