#!/usr/bin/env python # dmenu script to jump to windows in i3. # # using ziberna's i3-py library: https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py # depends: dmenu (vertical patch), i3. # released by joepd under WTFPLv2-license: # http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING # # edited by Jure Ziberna for i3-py's examples section import i3 import subprocess def i3clients(): """ Returns a dictionary of key-value pairs of a window text and window id. Each window text is of format "[workspace] window title (instance number)" """ clients = {} for ws_num in range(1, 11): workspace = i3.filter(num=ws_num) if not workspace: continue workspace = workspace[0] windows = i3.filter(workspace, nodes=[]) instances = {} # Adds windows and their ids to the clients dictionary for window in windows: win_str = '[%s] %s' % (workspace['name'], window['name']) # Appends an instance number if other instances are present if win_str in instances: instances[win_str] += 1 win_str = '%s (%d)' % (win_str, instances[win_str]) else: instances[win_str] = 1 clients[win_str] = window['id'] return clients def win_menu(clients, l=10): """ Displays a window menu using dmenu. Returns window id. """ dmenu = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/dmenu', '-i', '-l', str(l), '-fn', '"-*-cure-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"', '-nb', '#101010', '-nf', '#5f5f5f', '-sb', '#191919', '-sf', '#b72f62'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) menu_str = '\n'.join(sorted(clients.keys())) # Popen.communicate returns a tuple stdout, stderr win_str = dmenu.communicate(menu_str.encode('utf-8'))[0].decode('utf-8')\ .rstrip() return clients.get(win_str, None) if __name__ == '__main__': clients = i3clients() win_id = win_menu(clients) if win_id: i3.focus(con_id=win_id)