notes/i3wm and Dmenu Window Focus by Class-tvv0nntt.sh
#!/bin/bash
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#Copyright (C) 2018 Kris Occhipinti
#https://filmsbykris.com
#Uses dmenu to focus on an Open Window by Class
#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
#(at your option) any later version.
#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
#GNU General Public License for more details.
#You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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function main(){
#get Window Title
w="$(getList|dmenu -i -l 20 -fn Monospace-18)"
#focus on Window by class
i3-msg "[class=\"$w\"] focus"
exit 0
}
function getList(){
#get a list of classes for open Windows
i3-msg -t get_tree|\
tr "," "\n"|\
grep class|\
cut -d\" -f6|\
sort -u
}
function getListTitle(){
#get a list of all open windows
i3-msg -t get_tree|\
tr "," "\n"|\
grep '^"title"'|\
cut -d\" -f4|\
sort -u
}
main