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Martin Medro
Asked: 2020-06-01 05:02:57 +0800 CST

Terminal command to keep window on top

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I have created a Pomodoro Timer which runs in a seperate terminal window. I want this timer to always remain on top of other windows.

While searching for an answer, I found this: How can I keep Terminal always on top of other windows?.

But, this would mean that whenever I run my script, I'll have to manually right click the title bar and select "Always on top".

I was wondering if there is a temporary terminal command for that (which I can add to my code), so that it can keep the particular terminal window on top. (and the setting resets on closing the terminal, i.e. it is not permanent.)

command-line gnome-terminal window

1 Answers

  1. The answer is :

    1. Install wmctrl
    2. Open a terminal and type wmctrl -l. You will see a list of windows and processes.
    3. Type : wmctrl -i -r $windowId -b add,above (please replace $windowId by the window id of step 2)

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