How can I get info on windows open?

asked 2013-09-06 06:04:12 +0000

phairland
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I used to use wmctrl to get information about windows open. It shows information one line per window, for example:

0x009900   gvim - Gvim         config (~/.i3/config) - GVIM
0x350001   firefox - Navigator Google - Mozilla Firefox
0x430000   xterm - Xterm       user@home

How I do get similar info in i3?

Thank you.

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don't know if it helps, but xprop can at least give you these information by a click onto the desired window.

mschaefer ( 2013-09-06 09:11:55 +0000 )edit

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answered 2013-09-06 11:12:36 +0000

joepd
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Have a look at Inter Process Communication. i3-msg is a basic way of getting info in a json encoded string:

i3-msg -t get_tree | json_pp

You can parse the output with some json tool.

Alternatively, with some libraries in a selection of languages you can work directly with this output.

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Thanks. I just wanted to avoid the parsing, and have something more human readable.

phairland ( 2013-09-06 16:38:11 +0000 )edit

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answered 2013-09-09 05:12:46 +0000

Michael
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xwininfo is a window-manager independent tool to give you information like this.

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