Switch to workspace where a link was opened in Firefox

answered Mar 27 '14

TonyC
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This is not possible with i3 in the current version, but in the next version we can listen to title change events with the new i3ipc library to determine when the tab is opened and then focus the window. This script uses the JavaScript version of the library. You can find the latest version of this script here.

#!/usr/bin/env gjs

/*
   This example shows how to make i3wm automatically switch to a browser that
   has opened a new tab by using the new ipc "title change" event. This event
   will be available in the next released version (after 4.7.2).

   If you have a webpage open that changes the title without any user
   interaction (rare, but possible), you may need to do some additional
   filtering so it does not switch focus unexpectedly.

   https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3434/switch-to-workspace-where-a-link-was-opened-in-firefox/
*/

const i3ipc = imports.gi.i3ipc;

let conn = new i3ipc.Connection;

let browser_re = /- Vimperator$|- Firefox$|- Chromium$/

conn.on('window::title', function(conn, e) {
    if (browser_re.test(e.container.name)) {
        e.container.command('focus');
    }
});

conn.main();

answered Feb 26 '14

uzsolt
25 ●2 ●2 ●7

updated Feb 26 '14

Try create a script (e.g. ~/bin/mybrowser) which changes the workspaces too. And set browser of your programs to ~/bin/mybrowser:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
firefox $*
i3-msg workspace "web"
# blueyed's comment:
# i3-msg [class="Firefox"] focus