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is it possible to focus a window by name / id using i3-msg?

asked 2012-12-13 16:56:12 +0000

ingo
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Hi,

is it possible to focus a specific application window by internal id / name, using i3-msg?

I've tried:

i3-msg '[id="135748312"] focus'

which gives

[{"success":true}]

but the window is not focused (or at least not shown). It is a window on the same workspace, I would like to be able to switch workspaces at the same time.

(I know that

i3-msg workspace 9 focus

works)

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answered 2012-12-14 20:54:03 +0000

Michael
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As http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#c... explains:

id Compares the X11 window ID, which you can get via xwininfo for example.

con_id Compares the i3-internal container ID, which you can get via the IPC interface. Handy for scripting.

So, just use i3-msg '[con_id="135748312"] focus'

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Thanks, that's it :-)

ingo ( 2012-12-16 11:32:59 +0000 )edit

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