Jordansissel xdotool github. willsheppard mentioned this issue on Jan 17.

My use case for this is moving mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner. * If close_display_when_freed is set, then we will also close the Display. This change was added in #85 due to #84. Aug 4, 2021 · Arch Linux updated to the new xdotool today (from version 3. 2 type 😎 , does, too. 28. Feb 21, 2017 · xdotool version 3. Release v3. How are you doing?" Using the command "shuf -n 1 file. 1 I have tested on Zorin OS 16 (gnome) and Linux Mint 21 If I tile / snap the terminal emulator to the left, then the following command hangs (just like when we run cat). Add extern "C" guards. 10 minutes or a few hours), xdotools gets lost from time to Jan 19, 2021 · Running every part of a script which use xdotool on as a own subprocess on follow way, slightly reduces the number of times the bug occurs by 50%, but does not completely prevent it from occurring. Add link to dotool on the readme #419. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 330 million projects. 8. fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - xdotool/Makefile at master · jordansissel/xdotool Aug 3, 2017 · Bottom-right corner would be -0 -0 then. xdotool and libxdo will now reject if it is running under Wayland/XWayland. com Cc: whimsica whimsica@aol. c:316 So we got an unhandled NULL coming from XkbGetMap() :-( Xvnc version TightVNC-1. Navigation Menu Toggle navigation it's not immediately clear that you have to use "--" in order that negative numbers are parsed correctly: $ xdotool set_desktop --relative -1 set_desktop: unrecognized option '-1' Usage: set_deskt Nov 15, 2020 · The bash script uses xdotool to do the heavy lifting for window detection and manipulation. 1 (xorg-server 1. Click the "Alt + s". Issues267. Cycatz linked a pull request on Oct 17, 2022 that will close this issue. kenorb mentioned this issue on Jul 31, 2015. e. xdotool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. #455 opened on Apr 15 by ygm521. 15-0 (debian packaging) Jul 31, 2015 · sudo apt-get install Xvfb xdotool vnc4server. This might be due to the fact that for typing, the xtest keyboard is used, but xdotool uses another keyboard to map keysyms to keycodes. x + 100,some_window. 11) I haven't extensively tested xdotool on XQuartz, I do know that 'xdotool key ' causes a segfault, but 'xdotool type ABC' works just fine. Jun 7, 2020 · Keypad 3 - Middle mouse button. Aug 18, 2015 · I do not have root permissions to my workstation since it is a corporate supported server. ) arbitrarily fail on some windows, causing unforseeable results. Sep 3, 2016 · There are some small memory leaks when this is used and not freed, and also extra checks that were needed like in cmd_key's free_arg to know when the window_arg is not the default static string. /xdotool search Jan 6, 2021 · Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - xdotool/cmd_windowraise. The line is: "Hello all. Happened the same to me but the opposite, dash typed slash. Aug 4, 2017 · CrimsonGlory commented on Nov 9, 2019. /bin/bash -c "xdotool sleep 0. brew install xdotool. You can check the presence of XTEST by running 'xdpyinfo' inside of an xterm, see the section 'number of extensions:' XQuartz: XQuartz 2. command-line. So the "typed" key goes into the key buffer. If I do a command like: sleep 2; for wid in `xdotool search --class QtCreator`; do xdotool key --window $wid exclam; done and click Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly May 19, 2016 · file. Serial number of failed request: 90. When I do xdotool type :, the window receives a Q instead. github. com To: "jordansissel/xdotool" xdotool@noreply. I tried to fiddle around and the changes in my repository seem to heal these issues. Jul 4, 2015 · Basic chaining works fine: $ xdotool search --class MuPDF getwindowname. I do not have write permissions to /usr/local, but I was able to simply mod the Makefile to install to my home directory. I can't figure out how to get xdotool understand key combinations with 'Alt'. 1, the following command hangs my computer for 9 seconds: xdotool type - Jul 27, 2018 · When I run: xdotool search --pid 20709 it doesn't output anything. * @param y the target Y coordinate on the screen in pixels. 1313 groups = XkbKeyNumGroups(desc, keycode); The failure is because desc is NULL. Aug 2, 2021 · This removes behavior introduced by jordansissel#341. y + 200). (only the step is different). 04, I have a Windows GUI program running under wine-3. Key Right A M Exec xdotool sleep 0. I am running xdotool 3. Fixes jordansissel#346. g. I tried exporting display but none seems to work. 0x00007ffff7bd806b in _xdo_populate_charcode_map (xdo=0x61bb60) at xdo. fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - GitHub - jordansissel/xdotool at hackernoon. Oct 17, 2017 · I think I see it. Running setxkbmap us fixes it. But cursor remains at (100,200 Nov 20, 2014 · I pulled an older version and it worked as intended. Given users are typing correctly with their keyboard in their preferred locale, and given this problem is often resolved for xdotool by using setxkbmap, my assumption is that something is broken about the API xdotool uses for querying the . So when I launch from terminal something like sleep 4 && xdotool type "Hello world" and then I quickly type something in mousepad, the screen freezes. It works for me. * @param x the target X coordinate on the screen in pixels. 3. Open. XTEST is a way to simulate keyboard input but it would usually send events to the currently active window. xdo_search: fix improper memfrees, pre-compile Apr 21, 2020 · As tested on two different machines running Ubuntu 18. @singpolyma Your search is probably picking up one of firefox's invisible helper windows. See the 'Wayland' section below for more detail. 1. I was expecting its window id. pdf - 1/169 (102 dpi) But the -- separator mentioned in the man page is not recognized: $ xdotool search --class MuPDF -- getwindowname. When running either mouse-enter/leave the script does work xdotool search --name "XYZ" behave %@ mouse-enter exec 'myscript' But mouse-click doesn't xdotool search --name "XYZ" behave %@ mouse-click exec 'myscript' Issue is the same in v3 These need to be set before starting any X11 client or the XQuartz server. Return is the correct answer, KP_Enter is the numpad enter. However the text is not selected by the following steps. ( #342, Jordan Sissel) New command windowstate which can be used to modify properties of windows. Dec 23, 2016 · xdotool sleep 0. Dec 1, 2019 · You can tell xdotool to use XTEST instead. Example error: Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty) Resource id in failed request: 0x2206083. desc is set by this: XkbDescPtr desc = XkbGetMap ( xdo->xdpy, XkbAllClientInfoMask, XkbUseCoreKbd ); Apr 23, 2020 · johngebbie mentioned this issue on Feb 4, 2023. However, myself and many others have been using xdotool with XWayland and libinput-gestures for very many years and it has always worked fine. Feb 4, 2019 · Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly Jan 14, 2020 · Run xdotool windowsize --sync /usr/bin/xdotool getwindowfocus 1920 1080; The window will not change size; windowsize has a delayed effect on window sizes, even with --sync Reproduction. Code. 0. 1 today and while that works I've noticed if you pass additional arguments to do something with the resulting window, matched by pid, xdotool throws Defaulting to search window name, class, classname, and role instead of treating the --pid argument as a valid solo search parameter. May 20, 2018 · Where do I find the full documentation? E. xdotool behave $(xdotool getactivewindow) blur \ exec xdotool windowunmap $(xdotool getactivewindow) & I don't know if this is avoidable, but if it isn't, it might nice to be able to add rules with behave that only execute once like mentioned here . Actions. 03 (KDE), respectively, for version 3. 0 && xdotool key 'a'. Mouse should move to (some_window. com wrote:. I don't know what you have that bound to, but that shouldn't interfere with the key simulation. xdotool getactivewindow windowsize --sy Jul 19, 2019 · I have an old OS and I need a new version of xdotool, so I am trying to statically compile xdotool. This is the keyboard layout issue. N. 2-1) and now xdotool terminates itself claiming it does not run on XWayland. The same happens when I paste a text from the clipboard with the key combination 'xdotool key shift+Insert' fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - xdotool/xdotool. b. com Sent: Thursday, 6 December, 2012 10:57:45 AM Subject: Re: [xdotool] doing a windowunmap followed by a windowmap creates an extra window . However, with Qt-based applications, sending key combinations does not work: xdotool key --window 0x04000006 ctrl+o Sending function keys does not work neither: xdotool key --window 0x04000006 "F5" Oct 7, 2014 · sigh Just hit this bug again, vaguely recalled encountering this behavior, googled xdotool input colon q, and ended up here, finding my comment from almost 2 years ago. However xdotool getwindowfocus and xdotool getactivewindow both return 81788939, as does xdotool search --class urxvt. $ xdotool mousemove --window some_window 100 200. 1 on Kubuntu 22. So it hasn't returned a prompt. Try testing like this, so that script errors are not something that has to be considered. $ xdotool mousemove 100 200. I'm trying to detect a mouse-click in a certain window then run a script. 1ec31ce. It works properly on plain English systems only, when opening Sep 10, 2012 · xdotool is only able to type letters that are mapped on your keyboard. From: "Jordan Sissel" notifications@github. 04; Open a window (I used a Chrome window) Double click on the top, to make it the full size of the desktop, and focused Apr 20, 2022 · Thanks for thinking through the options with me here, @jordansissel. 1-3 to 3. The problem is though all windows return the inner coordinates and size correctly. Add extern "C" guards #331. Keypad 7 - Mousewheel up (Scroll) Keypad 9 - Mousewheel down (Scroll) Keypad / - Toggle Left mouse button (Useful for RSI users) Keypad * - Toggle Right mouse button (Useful for RSI users) May 18, 2015 · I used the following Code in a bash script to copy the url from firefox to the clipboard: xdotool search "Mozilla Firefox" windowactivate --sync key --clearmodifiers ctrl+l ctrl+c This code worked fine a few weeks ago. Segmentation fault (core dumped) This seems to be related to #58. I see the same crash on xdotool version 3. the window doesn't have to be raised, or even focused. I'm surprised it shows on the monitor. (Upgrading the OS or using Docker are beeing considered, but I would prefer a less intrusive method). easyaspi314 mentioned this issue on May 26, 2021. 3. In some rare occasions, I still get some wrong key presses, though. I am running xdotool search --class "dota2" in a terminal bash script. 20210804. Run 'xdotool help' if you want a command list. best. c at master · jordansissel/xdotool Nov 1, 2016 · That causes xdotool to wait 1 second, before sending the keys. Randomly ~5% of the time, it fails with this output: FascinatedBox commented on Jul 22, 2021. There are a few places that strdup on optarg Jan 20, 2016 · actually I believe this to be a XTEST bug. thanks for making xdotool, it really is quite an useful little helper! Is there a way to focus a window without also bringing it to the front? The idea is to interact with the window under the mouse cursor, the same way you would with an actual mouse, i. 2. Click the "Alt + d" (End to drag). user@machine:~$ xdotool type '-'. ⚠ Note: If you are using Wayland, please be aware this software will not work correctly. . /xdotool search --all --limit 1 --class firefox windowactivate Gives me: XGetWindowProperty [_NET_WM_DESKTOP] failed (code=1) Trying: . c at master · jordansissel/xdotool Mar 7, 2021 · If there is movement, xdotool will check to see if pointer's current location (an x,y pixel location) is the edge/corner of the window. Feb 4, 2019 · jordansissel commented Feb 5, 2019 via email Ahh yeah sorry, X11 is confusing. Following your logic, what is happening is that fvwm grabs the keyboard, and if I don't fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - xdotool/cmd_windowreparent. 5. jordansissel / xdotool Public. Compare. Moreover, if you use the type subcommand, it Running latest Debian Unstable/Sid :I have installed the following libraries: From Xdotool prerequired packages and more:: apt-get install libxtst-dev apt-get install xdotool - x11 automation tool. h at master · jordansissel/xdotool Aug 17, 2014 · There is no reason for the linker to attempt to resolve a xdotool's dependency on libxdo through to any nested dependencies. If that window is not focused, then it uses XSendEvent. Getting screen size in pixels is quite bulky, there is no utility for this as it doesn't seem to be a common task, and you would have to write custom code that would involve something like xrandr and grep/awk. Jul 16, 2020 · Hi, I've written the following simple script, which creates defunct xdotool processes (Zombies): Its purpose is to monitor the color of the pixel choosen at the start of the script and click if a specified color is shown (and log an acco Running xdotool search sometimes fails if windows are created and destroyed quickly. Issue the command in a terminal and quickly switch windows: sleep 7 && xdotool getactivewindow getwindowname. 100 key Next. Jun 24, 2019 · Failed to compile regex (return code 13): '*foo*'. …. txt has a single line. void xdo_free (xdo_t *xdo); * Move the mouse to a specific location. Environment: GNOME Shell 3. xdotool cannot send key combinations to Qt-based applications. c at master · jordansissel/xdotool. 2, and its process id is 20709. If your window manager supports it, you can use xdotool to switch desktops, move windows between desktops, and change the number of desktops. 1 unable to install xdotool-3. If XWayland is detected, the program will fail. you release alt and n keys This is often a timing issue because computers are faster than we are, and the result from above is that the application receives “alt + down” because the physical alt key is still pressed while xdotool sends “down” There’s two ways I know to solve this: * add --clearmodifiers Oct 14, 2017 · Context This command: xdotool search --onlyvisible --class . Already have an account? There are some issues like #414, where wrong keys are typed. 🎉 4. 20160805. I removed one such strdup (optarg) case in cmd_type in #147 but there are others that could be addressed. /xdotool search "*foo*". Oct 21, 2021 · Skip to content. $ xdotool search --pid 20709 windowra On Lubuntu 18. Run: DISPLAY=:0 xdotool search foo -> somehow this works. “Alt_L” refers to the alt key on the left side of the keyboard similar for Alt_R. Looks like the reboot did fix something, or efck messed up something. After jordansissel#341 was released, several folks reported that xdotool has indeed worked correctly on XWayland in the past. Move cursor to (100,200). If it detects situations where, for example, ä has no key mapping, it finds an empty key map and puts it there ("Mapping sym 228 to 8") and types it, then it reverts the keymap change ("Reverting scratch keycode") to restore the keymapping to the original setting. This is because XWayland. May 23, 2016 · The X Window System uses an communication model between the server and clients (applications) sending events to the clients. Merged. This is likely a bug in the X server. 04 (with X11). txt" as a variable to pull the line from file. Star 3. Mar 9, 2015 · #4 0x0000000000403724 in xdotool_main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe668) at xdotool. Bash is still busy with the xdotool command until after xdotool types it. #451 opened on Mar 9 by 6502. jordansissel closed this as completed in #419 on Feb 4, 2023. XGetInputFocus returned the focused window of 1. Latest xdotool version in Ubuntu 22 repos silently fails on Wayland 😭 apt can't upgrade it, and manual doesn't help #449. Oct 14, 2021 · Output like that to stdout is normal. xdotool windowmove moves QT windows by the inner window coordinates but GTK windows by the outer window decoration resulting in an offset by the decoration frame depth or May 16, 2015 · easyaspi314 added a commit to easyaspi314/xdotool that referenced this issue on May 26, 2021. Move cursor using --window option and specify same location as step 1. View xdotool in the Fedora package repositories. const char *xdo_version (void); * Free and destroy an xdo_t instance. Sep 1, 2017 · Hello, I need a mouse macro so am trying to do it with xdotool and thought i'd start with something simple first to learn how to use xdotool so I just made a little program that has a button and cl Aug 18, 2022 · xdotool version 3. . The command Sep 9, 2020 · Error: Can't open display: (null) Failed creating new xdo instance. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions. I'm not sure why it's necessary to use XTest normally. pod2man -c "" -r "" xdotool May 17, 2015 · I found that xdotool doesn't move mouse cursor under following conditions. The “unknown event” is xdotool getting an event that it doesn’t know how to handle. 100 key Prior. Mar 28, 2019 · I just try to type a string with some special keys, but it failed. 1, which ships with my distribution. Now run VNC: Xvnc4 :1 &. Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings. 2 type $'\U0001F60E' does work as expected, xdotool sleep 0. It runs roughly once an hour. @carnager My hunch was more around how a client (xdotool) can query xkbcommon and the older XGetKeyboardMapping. 9 Apr 11, 2022 · When sending keys, if a window ID is non-zero, that is, you know which specific window to send keys to, xdotool will check if that window is currently focused, and if so, will use XTEST. Some thoughts on your proposals: xdotool isn't the only thing that depends on libxdo -- in debian alone, there are three other packages: keynav (debian packaging) -- this one is your own code; libinputsynth-0. I have a macro and I am trying to work around a Java bug with 'focus fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - Pull requests · jordansissel/xdotool When executing xdotool key Up, some unexpected characters are seen on the screen, like ^[[A. Apr 15, 2016 · Its documented that EWMH(extended window manager hints) is needed for that function, so I think people will be able to find the way to enable EWMH in xmonad on google, so I am closing the issue. jordansissel closed this as completed in #331 on Jul 5, 2021. xdotool: Fake keyboard/mouse input Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly splate07 changed the title uname to install xdotool-3. Mar 5, 2015 · roddik commented on Nov 22, 2016. Once the xdotool command finishes, bash echos a new prompt and puts the buffered keystroke in after it. 12 search --sync --onlyvisible --classname Navigator windowactivate --sync key --clearmodifiers --delay 12 F6 Escape Mar 9, 2013 · If I run xdotool selectwindow and click on the currently focussed urxvt window, it returns 83892796. Fork 313. I've just started using Brave on Linux (distro info at bottom) and I can't get xdotool to work. Oct 11, 2021 · 1. Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Because "--window invalid" means the same as "--window 0" which is the default value for this flag, and given the documentation for the type command: fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - jordansissel/xdotool When the compositor is on, xdotool typing freezes the screen for a second. which is meant to remap alt+left/right to alt+prior/next (it is a workaround for a broken keyboard). 1k. How to replicate issue: Build & run xdotool with fresh environment by following steps. 1 Feb 17, 2022 Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub . Which is, of course, unresponsive functionality but if it fixes things, try tweaking it to some lower value. xdotool is using XSendEvent because the key command remembers what the search command found; You might have success doing this: Aug 10, 2021 · Xdotool sends “down” 3. I added to zshrc file and saved with "source ~/. The fix is changing it before using setxkbmap. Xdotool only thinks of "left" as being the x=0 coordinate, right is x=max-1 where max is the width of the given window. Segfault when running over an ssh connection. Feb 16, 2023 · I wondered why some scripts making use of xdotool for window management (resize, move, mimimize, restore etc. Try putting that after a sleep in a terminal and then focusing the window you want it sent to. 1. $ xdotool key Up > /dev/null ^[[A $ xdotool key Up 2> /dev/null ^[[A Dec 7, 2012 · Tried to search --pid 12345 with xdotool 3. Thanks, Dan-----Original Message-----From: Jordan Sissel notifications@github. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Similar things happen when executing xdotool key Down, xdotool key Left, xdotool key Ctrl+Right, etc. md refers to as 'Documentation' has nothing on GitHub is where people build software. I put it in originally as a way to help debug. What happens with older versions: $ xdotool getwindowfocus key --clearmodifiers ctrl+v ctrl+v Return ^V xev reports: $ xdotool key --window 0x2e00001 --clearmodifiers ctrl+v KeyPress e Jan 5, 2017 · It just accidentally happens that xdotool converts "invalid" to the number 0 (because of the way strtol() works), and the number 0 happens to be special in xdotool to mean "current window". After some hours of testing I found out there is a bug in the search --name method provided by xdotool. Running this: . Now, for a borderless window, I have a guess but it might be wrong. But I'm writing a script to demo some software, and I don't know if I should put that In my case, I have the following in the fvwm configuration: Key Left A M Exec xdotool sleep 0. export DISPLAY=:0. 4, Ubuntu 18. It is harmless since xdotool will ignore the message after printing that message. Jun 8, 2021 · I current run i3 as my window manager and for my bar I use polybar. xdotool getactivewindow key ctrl+t If you want to search a window which the pid is 0, xdotool will ignore the --pid option: > xdotool search --pid 0 Usage: xdotool search [options] regexp_pattern Apr 8, 2016 · Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. Pull requests32. doesn't allow xdotool or libxdo to work correctly. willsheppard mentioned this issue on Jan 17. #453 opened on Mar 28 by cepamoi. yad --center --text="$0". Current serial number in output stream: 90. /user@machine:~$ /. I usually use Firefox, and I've set it up so that I can open a new tab with the Mail key on my keyboard. xdotool/Makefile at master · jordansissel/xdotool · GitHub. If I suffix these commands with getwindowname then the first one returns a blank line and the others all return 0:6:pac Move "real" mouse or "real" touchpad moving it to the right direction. 10 vm Mar 25, 2015 · I can confirm that I am getting the same issue on openSUSE tumbleweed with xdotool version 3. Keypad 4, 5, 6, 8 - Moves the mouse left, down, right and/or up respectively. zshrc": export DISPLAY=:0. The created/destroyed windows definitely do not match the search criteria. 20211022. key names. The Makefile has a xdotool. put something in your key-bound script to verify that it is being invoked by the keybind, like. txt into xdotool to type. c:1313. To compile, I use: Jan 3, 2013 · jordansissel / xdotool Public. com Mar 9, 2016 · But it would be very cool to have xdotool working on 1000's of virtual machines. zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. Try adding --onlyvisible to your search criteria. 20170221. This is my bash script, so f May 10, 2016 · Having getmouselocation set the window stack is a lovely idea! On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, alaricljs notifications@github. I am super confused! In the xdotool directory where you are building things. (Start to drag) Move to the right direction by clicking "Alt + l" several times. 👍 14. You may need to make this window active first. docker run -it ubuntu apt-get -yq update apt-get -yq build-dep xdotool apt-get -yq install libxkbcommon-dev apt-get -yq install git-core git clone htt fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more - xdotool/xdo_cmd. Run Xvfb: Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x16 &. static target, but I dont understand what it is supposed to do. It holds my tray icons and I want to send a click to one of them, nm-applet "Network Manager applet. Can you get me info about that black window? With xdotool, you can search for windows and move, resize, hide, and modify window properties like the title. The page README. Aug 2, 2021 · If you send a few keyboard combinations (shortcuts) via bash and xdotools to a browser such as Firefox over a longer period of time (e. 04 (gnome) and NixOS 20. Also in this repository is libxdo, a C library for doing the same. behave %@ focus getactivewindow Expected Outputs ID of newly focused window any time focus changes. com Sent: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 9:23 am Subject: Re: [xdotool] xdotool will not movemouse on ubuntu 15. I've left the "is on wayland?" detection code that is otherwise now unused, in case we want it later. xdotool works fine with X11/Motif and GTK-based applications. Using openbox on Ubuntu Trusty. Pressing my Mail key executes this command, opening a new tab. --delay 0 switch in your original command was unnecessary, as it is for the interval between keystokes, in single command instead. com To: jordansissel/xdotool xdotool@noreply. I downloaded: brew cask install xquartz. Now run: $ DISPLAY=:1 xdotool search foo. 20. xdotool: Unknown command: --. That does not happen when executing xdotool key A, etc. com Cc: "dolfandringa" dolfandringa@gmail. pt sn fh vs hh va pl gg vr tn