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!
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
Something like this in your config, haven't tested it.
bindsym $mod+space exec "xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name Rdio | head -1) space"
Asked: Oct 18 '13
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Last updated: Oct 19 '13
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