Questions tagged [xdotool]
a command line tool that can simulate X11 keyboard input and mouse activity and manipulate windows
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xfce4 shortcuts (mostly) not working with xdotool
I want to make a keyboard shortcuts for automatically entering predefined texts with xdotool.
I made a shell script file and want to run it through the keyboard. When i assign shortcut throught xfce4'...
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Map alt-e to ctrl-Tab. Mint, Xfce
I have Linux Mint, Xfce.
I want to change tabs in Firefox by pressing Alt-e, rather than the default Ctrl-Tab.
In order to do that I must remap those keys in the Xfce UI.
In Xfce I can map a key to ...
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xdotool in a shell script doesn't work properly with an xbindkeys
I'm fighting with this quite a long time. I have a very simple script:
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
if [ ! -z "$(/usr/bin/xinput --query-state 17 | grep -o 'button\[12\]=down')" ]; then
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fzf output to xdotool instead of the terminal
I can create a fzf.sh script to launch a list of items, allow me to select an item, and print the output of the specific line selected to the terminal:
#!/bin/bash
cat ~/list.txt | fzf --reverse
I ...
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Help with custom shortcut - Fedora
I am trying to set up a custom shortcut for terminator on Fedora 28. Connected a script to a custom shortcut. The shortcut should either start terminator, or based on whether it is on top or not, ...
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How to resize windows beyond monitor size using CLI?
I have two monitors and I'd like to programmatically resize clicked window beyond my first monitor size. I want -39,-138 coordinates and 2355x1202 window size. My first monitor is 1680x1050, the other ...
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xdotool does not work for terminal window copy paste
I'm using Ubuntu 22 and i have set up two custom shortcuts via settings (works for all windows i have tested so far).
xdotool getactivewindow key ctrl+c (-> super+c)
xdotool getactivewindow key ...
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ydotool: first, backend unavailable, then crash on connection
I'm using the Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Linux distro.
I'm usually satisfied of xdotool I use since years on linux
but since few weeks by using it with a browser (chromium, firefox), for long times ...
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Replace xdotool key value with user input
I am trying to write a script that allows a user to input a number and change an xdotool key value to that input. Key inputs in xdotool must be separated by a space, for example
xdotool key 1 2 8;
So ...
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Bind a key to press another key with sxhkd
I recently switched over from using windows where I used to use AutoHotKey for a few temporary shortcuts and key remapping. This is a small section of the code I used:
d::
{
sendinput, [
sleep,...
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Xdotool --window function doesn't work
I am currently having a very simply problem, that I cannot for the life of me figure out.
The --window function of xdotool does not work.
I should be able to open two terminal windows, get the ...
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How can I bind "modifier + arrow" keys to home/end/pageup/pagedown under X?
I have a new 60% keyboard (NuPhy Air60), but it does not have any way to trigger pageup/pagedown or home/end keys.
My goal is to recover these commands with a custom keybinding, using a modifier key ...
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Shell Script - run for random number of times in the range
I am trying to automate a shell script that use Xdotol (press B key with random interval -sec.milsec).
I am unable to to run script random number of times (right now it is limited to 25 times by count)...
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Can I make Xephyr toggle user keyboard and mouse?
I need to pilot an X application with my PC, to take scientific measuring. I have an xdotool script which does the job pretty well, but while it's running, I cannot use my PC, which is frustrating and ...
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Detecting when an X Window has been closed
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS with the XFCE4 window manager.
I'm looking for a way for a shell script to be fired off when a particular X Window has been closed.
I know that I can create a program to ...
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