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somethis
Asked: 2021-01-12 14:33:23 +0800 CST

Xdotool to move terminal window to new Workspace / Desktop

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I'm looking for a way to move a terminal window running the following command. The terminal-window should be sent to workspace 2 after 30 seconds.

The following code didn't work:

sleep 30 && xdotool getactivewindow set_desktop_for_window 2

This command will move ANY window that currently has the focus. It is the terminal window running the command which I want to move, though.

Please note that I'm using GNOME-Terminal.

Thank you.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In Xterm and Kitty, which set the window ID variable,

    xdotool set_desktop_for_window "$WINDOWID" 2

    Other terminals:

    id=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
#Sleep...
xdotool set_desktop_for_window "$id" 2

    Use case is that I want the window to popup as a reminder on workspace 2 where I'm working.

    Gxmessage's -sticky option maps the window to all workspaces.

    gxmessage -sticky "Reminder"
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