Get PID of focused window in wayland
Is there a method to get the PID of the currently focused window in wayland?
I am using the sway window manager. Thank your for your help!
arch-linux xorg wayland sway
asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
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Is there a method to get the PID of the currently focused window in wayland?
I am using the sway window manager. Thank your for your help!
arch-linux xorg wayland sway
asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
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Is there a method to get the PID of the currently focused window in wayland?
I am using the sway window manager. Thank your for your help!
arch-linux xorg wayland sway
asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
1163
Is there a method to get the PID of the currently focused window in wayland?
I am using the sway window manager. Thank your for your help!
arch-linux xorg wayland sway
arch-linux xorg wayland sway
asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
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asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
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asked May 13 at 12:41
Marton
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asked May 13 at 12:41
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swaymsg -t get_tree returns a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows. Generated JSON is quite large but it is easy to parse it with jq tool.
You can run this script from demnu to display focused window info:
swaymsg -t get_tree
| jq '.. | (.nodes? // empty) | select(.focused==true) | {name, pid}'
| swaynag -m "Window Info" -l
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
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Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned thatswaymsg -t get_treedoes not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.
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swaymsg -t get_tree returns a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows. Generated JSON is quite large but it is easy to parse it with jq tool.
You can run this script from demnu to display focused window info:
swaymsg -t get_tree
| jq '.. | (.nodes? // empty) | select(.focused==true) | {name, pid}'
| swaynag -m "Window Info" -l
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
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Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned thatswaymsg -t get_treedoes not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.
– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
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swaymsg -t get_tree returns a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows. Generated JSON is quite large but it is easy to parse it with jq tool.
You can run this script from demnu to display focused window info:
swaymsg -t get_tree
| jq '.. | (.nodes? // empty) | select(.focused==true) | {name, pid}'
| swaynag -m "Window Info" -l
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
1012
Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned thatswaymsg -t get_treedoes not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.
– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
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swaymsg -t get_tree returns a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows. Generated JSON is quite large but it is easy to parse it with jq tool.
You can run this script from demnu to display focused window info:
swaymsg -t get_tree
| jq '.. | (.nodes? // empty) | select(.focused==true) | {name, pid}'
| swaynag -m "Window Info" -l
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
1012
swaymsg -t get_tree returns a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows. Generated JSON is quite large but it is easy to parse it with jq tool.
You can run this script from demnu to display focused window info:
swaymsg -t get_tree
| jq '.. | (.nodes? // empty) | select(.focused==true) | {name, pid}'
| swaynag -m "Window Info" -l
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
1012
answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
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answered Dec 13 at 8:47
max taldykin
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answered Dec 13 at 8:47
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Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned thatswaymsg -t get_treedoes not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.
– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
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Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned thatswaymsg -t get_treedoes not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.
– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned that
swaymsg -t get_tree does not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
Thank you for the answer. I should habe mentioned that
swaymsg -t get_tree does not output the PID at the time of writing. Now this feature thankfully was implementet.– Marton
Dec 14 at 11:36
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