i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:19:11 +0000How to check which workspace is currently focused from skripthttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/Is it possible to check which workspace is currently focused and using this information in a bash script? I did some google research but didn't come up with anything useful .. Sun, 25 Oct 2015 19:20:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/Comment by Airblader for <p>Is it possible to check which workspace is currently focused and using this information in a bash script? I did some google research but didn't come up with anything useful .. </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?comment=7052#comment-7052You may wanna read this: http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.htmlSun, 25 Oct 2015 20:53:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?comment=7052#comment-7052Answer by Anon1234 for <p>Is it possible to check which workspace is currently focused and using this information in a bash script? I did some google research but didn't come up with anything useful .. </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?answer=7050#post-id-7050Depends on what tool you can use for parsing json. With python you can do this oneliner: $ focused_ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | python -c 'import json,sys;ws=json.load(sys.stdin);print(list(filter(lambda x: x["focused"], ws))[0]["name"])') $ echo $focused_ws 1: main Sun, 25 Oct 2015 19:39:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?answer=7050#post-id-7050Comment by kyra for <p>Depends on what tool you can use for parsing json. With python you can do this oneliner:</p> <pre><code>$ focused_ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | python -c 'import json,sys;ws=json.load(sys.stdin);print(list(filter(lambda x: x["focused"], ws))[0]["name"])') $ echo $focused_ws 1: main </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?comment=7079#comment-7079exactly what I was looking for works like a charm! Thanks!Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:19:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7049/how-to-check-which-workspace-is-currently-focused-from-skript/?comment=7079#comment-7079