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* NAME
* SYNOPSIS
* DESCRIPTION
* KEYBOARD COMMANDS
* MOUSE COMMANDS
* WINDOW COMMANDS
* DESKTOP AND WINDOW COMMANDS
* SCRIPTS
* CLEARMODIFIERS
* SENDEVENT NOTES
* WINDOW STACK
* COMMAND CHAINING
* EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS
* SEE ALSO
* CONTACT
* AUTHOR
NAME
xdotool - command-line X11 automation tool
SYNOPSIS
xdotool cmd args...
Notation: Some documentation uses [window=%1] to denote an optional
argument. This case means that the argument, if not present, will default to
%1.
DESCRIPTION
xdotool lets you programatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input and
mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's
XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.
There is some support for Extended Window Manager Hints (aka EWMH or NetWM).
See the EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS section for more information.
KEYBOARD COMMANDS
key [options] keystroke [keystroke ...]
Options:
--window window
Send keystrokes to a specific window id. You can use
WINDOW STACK references like "%1" and "%@" here. If there is a window stack,
then "%1" is the default, otherwise the current window is used.
See also: SENDEVENT NOTES and WINDOW STACK
--clearmodifiers
Clear modifiers before sending keystrokes. See CLEARMODIFIERS below.
--delay milliseconds
Delay between keystrokes. Default is 12ms.
Type a given keystroke. Examples being "alt+r", "Control_L+J",
"ctrl+alt+n", "BackSpace".
Generally, any valid X Keysym string will work. Multiple keys are
separated by '+'. Aliases exist for "alt", "ctrl", "shift", "super",
and "meta" which all map to Foo_L, such as Alt_L and Control_L, etc.
In cases where your keyboard doesn't actually have the key you want to type,
xdotool will automatically find an unused keycode and use that to type the key.
With respect to COMMAND CHAINING, this command consumes the remainder of the
arguments or until a new xdotool command is seen, because no xdotool commands
are valid keystrokes.
Example: Send the keystroke "F2"
xdotool key F2
Example: Send 'a' with an accent over it (not on english keyboards, but still
works with xdotool)
xdotool key Aacute
Example: Send ctrl+l and then BackSpace as separate keystrokes:
xdotool key ctrl+l BackSpace
Example: Send ctrl+c to all windows matching title 'gdb' (See COMMAND CHAINING)
xdotool search --name gdb key ctrl+c
keydown [options] keystroke
Same as above, except only keydown (press) events are sent.
keyup keystroke
Same as above, except only keyup (release) events are sent.
type [options] something to type
Options:
--window windowid
Send keystrokes to a specific window id. See SENDEVENT NOTES below. The
default, if no window is given, depends on the window stack. If the window
stack is empty the current window is typed at using XTEST. Otherwise, the
default is "%1" (see WINDOW STACK).
--delay milliseconds
Delay between keystrokes. Default is 12ms.
--clearmodifiers
Clear modifiers before sending keystrokes. See CLEARMODIFIERS below.
Types as if you had typed it. Supports newlines and tabs (ASCII newline and
tab). Each keystroke is separated by a delay given by the --delay option.
With respect to COMMAND CHAINING, this command consumes the remainder of the
arguments and types them. That is, no commands can chain after 'type'.
Example: to type 'Hello world!' you would do:
xdotool type 'Hello world!'
MOUSE COMMANDS
mousemove [options] x y
Move the mouse to the specific X and Y coordinates on the screen.
--window WINDOW
Specify a window to move relative to. Coordinates 0,0
are at the top left of the window you choose.
WINDOW STACK references are valid here, such as %1 and %@. Though, using %@
probably doesn't make sense.
--screen SCREEN
Move the mouse to the specified screen to move to. This is only useful if you
have multiple screens and ARE NOT using Xinerama.
The default is the current screen. If you specify --window, the --screen flag
is ignored.
--polar
Use polar coordinates. This makes 'x' an angle (in degrees, 0-360, etc) and 'y'
the distance.
Rotation starts at 'up' (0 degrees) and rotates clockwise: 90 = right, 180 =
down, 270 = left.
The origin defaults to the center of the current screen. If you specify a --window,
then the origin is the center of that window.
--clearmodifiers
See CLEARMODIFIERS
--sync
After sending the mouse move request, wait until the mouse is actually
moved. If no movement is necessary, we will not wait. This is useful for
scripts that depend on actions being completed before moving on.
Note: We wait until the mouse moves at all, not necessarily that it
actually reaches your intended destination. Some applications lock the
mouse cursor to certain regions of the screen, so waiting for any movement is
better in the general case than waiting for a specific target.
mousemove_relative [options] x y
Move the mouse x,y pixels relative to the current position of the mouse cursor.
--polar
Use polar coordinates. This makes 'x' an angle (in degrees, 0-360, etc) and 'y'
the distance.
Rotation starts at 'up' (0 degrees) and rotates clockwise: 90 = right, 180 =
down, 270 = left.
--sync
After sending the mouse move request, wait until the mouse is actually
moved. If no movement is necessary, we will not wait. This is useful for
scripts that depend on actions being completed before moving on.
Note that we wait until the mouse moves at all, not necessarily that it
actually reaches your intended destination. Some applications lock the
mouse cursor to certain regions of the screen, so waiting for any movement is
better in the general case than waiting for a specific target.
--clearmodifiers
See CLEARMODIFIERS
click [options] button
Send a click, that is, a mousedown followed by mouseup for the given button
with a short delay between the two (currently 12ms).
Buttons generally map this way: Left mouse is 1, middle is 2, right is 3,
wheel up is 4, wheel down is 5.
--clearmodifiers
Clear modifiers before clicking. See CLEARMODIFIERS below.
--window WINDOW
Specify a window to send a click to. See SENDEVENT NOTES below for caveats. Uses the
current mouse position when generating the event.
The default, if no window is given, depends on the window stack. If the window
stack is empty the current window is typed at using XTEST. Otherwise, the
default is "%1" (see WINDOW STACK).
mousedown [options] button
Same as click, except only a mouse down is sent.
mouseup [options] button
Same as click, except only a mouse up is sent.
getmouselocation [--shell]
Outputs the x, y, and screen location of the mouse cursor. Screen numbers will
be nonzero if you have multiple monitors and are not using Xinerama.
--shell
This makes getmouselocation output shell data you can eval. Example:
% xdotool getmouselocation --shell
X=880
Y=443
SCREEN=0
% eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell)
% echo $X,$Y
714,324
WINDOW COMMANDS
search [options] pattern
Search for windows with titles, names, or classes with a regular expression
pattern. The output is line-delimited list of X window identifiers. If you
are using COMMAND CHAINING, the search command will only write window
ids to stdout if it is the last (or only) command in the chain; otherwise, it
is silent.
The result is saved to the window stack for future chained commands. See
WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for details.
The options available are:
--class
Match against the window class.
--classname
Match against the window classname.
--maxdepth N
Set recursion/child search depth. Default is -1,
meaning infinite. 0 means no depth, aka no results. If you only want toplevel
windows, set maxdepth of 1.
--name
Match against the window name. This is the same string that is displayed in the
window titlebar.
--onlyvisible
Show only visible windows in the results. This means ones with map state
IsViewable.
--pid PID
Match windows that belong to a specific process id. This may not work for some
X applications that do not set this metadata on its windows.
--screen N
Select windows only on a specific screen. Default is to
search all screens. Only meaningful if you have multiple displays and are not
using Xinerama.
--title
DEPRECATED. See --name.
--all
Require that all conditions be met. For example:
xdotool search --all --pid 1424 --name "Hello World"
This will match only windows that have "Hello World" as a name and are owned by
pid 1424.
--any
Match windows that match any condition (logically, 'or'). This is on by
default. For example:
xdotool search --any --pid 1424 --name "Hello World"
This will match any windows owned by pid 1424 or windows with name "Hello
World"
The default options are --name --class --classname
selectwindow
Get the window id (for a client) by clicking on it. Useful for having scripts
query you humans for what window to act on. For example, killing a window by
clicking on it:
xdotool selectwindow windowkill
behave window action command ...
Bind an action to an event on a window. This lets you run additional xdotool
commands whenever a matched event occurs.
The command run as a result of the behavior is run with %1 being the window
that was acted upon. Examples follow after the event list.
The following are valid events:
mouse-enter
Fires when the mouse enters a window. This is similar to 'mouse over' events in
javascript, if that helps.
mouse-leave
Fires when the mouse leaves a window. This is the opposite of 'mouse-enter'
mouse-click
Fires when the mouse is clicked. Specifically, when the mouse button is released.
focus
Fires when the window gets input focus.
blur
Fires when the window loses focus.
Examples:
# Print the cursor location whenever the mouse enters a currently-visible
# window:
xdotool search --onlyvisible . behave %@ mouse-enter getmouselocation
# Print the window title and pid whenever an xterm gets focus
xdotool search --class xterm behave %@ focus getwindowname getwindowpid
# Emulate focus-follows-mouse
xdotool search . behave %@ mouse-enter windowfocus
getwindowpid [window=%1]
Output the PID owning a given window. This requires effort from the application
owning a window and may not work for all windows. This uses _NET_WM_PID
property of the window. See EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS below for more
information.
If no window is given, the default is '%1'. If no windows are on the stack, then
this is an error. See WINDOW STACK for more details.
Example: Find the PID for all xterms:
xdotool search --class xterm getwindowpid %@
getwindowname [window=%1]
Output the name of a given window, also known as the title. This is the text
displayed in the window's titlebar by your window manager.
If no window is given, the default is '%1'. If no windows are on the stack, then
this is an error. See WINDOW STACK for more details.
getwindowfocus [-f]
Prints the window id of the currently focused window. Saves the result to the
window stack. See WINDOW STACK for more details.
If the current window has no WM_CLASS property, we assume it is not a normal
top-level window and traverse up the parents until we find a window with a
WM_CLASS set and return that window id.
If you really want the window currently having focus and don't care if it has a
WM_CLASS setting, then use 'getwindowfocus -f'
windowsize [options] [window=%1] width height
Set the window size of the given window. If no window is given, %1 is the
default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
Percentages are valid for width and height. They are relative to the geometry
of the screen the window is on. For example, to make a window the full width of
the screen, but half height:
xdotool windowsize I 100% 50%
Percentages are valid with --usehints and still mean pixel-width relative to
the screen size.
The options available are:
--usehints
Use window sizing hints (when available) to set width and height. This is
useful on terminals for setting the size based on row/column of text rather
than pixels.
--sync
After sending the window size request, wait until the window is actually
resized. If no change is necessary, we will not wait. This is useful for
scripts that depend on actions being completed before moving on.
Note: Because many window managers may ignore or alter the original resize
request, we will wait until the size changes from its original size, not
necessary to the requested size.
Example: To set a terminal to be 80x24 characters, you would use:
xdotool windowsize --usehints some_windowid 80 24
windowmove [options] [window=%1] x y
Move the window to the given position. If no window is given, %1 is the
default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
--sync
After sending the window move request, wait until the window is actually
moved. If no movement is necessary, we will not wait. This is useful for
scripts that depend on actions being completed before moving on.
windowfocus [options] [window=%1]
Focus a window. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK
and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
Uses XSetInputFocus which may be ignored by some window managers or programs.
--sync
After sending the window focus request, wait until the window is actually
focused. This is useful for scripts that depend on actions being completed
before moving on.
windowmap [options] [window=%1]
Map a window. In X11 terminology, mapping a window means making it visible on
the screen. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and
COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
--sync
After requesting the window map, wait until the window is actually mapped
(visible). This is useful for scripts that depend on actions being completed
before moving on.
windowraise [window_id=%1]
Raise the window to the top of the stack. This may not work on all window
managers. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and
COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
windowreparent [source_window=%1] destination_window
Reparent a window. This moves the source_window to be a child window of
destination_window. If no source is given, %1 is the default.
WINDOW STACK window references (like %1) are valid for both source_window
and destination_window See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more
details.
windowkill [window=%1]
Kill a window. This action will destroy the window and kill the client
controlling it. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
windowunmap [options] [window_id=%1]
Unmap a window, making it no longer appear on your screen. If no window is
given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more
details.
--sync
After requesting the window unmap, wait until the window is actually unmapped
(hidden). This is useful for scripts that depend on actions being completed
before moving on.
set_window [options] [windowid=%1]
Set properties about a window. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See
WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
Options:
--name newname
Set window WM_NAME (the window title, usually)
--icon-name newiconname
Set window WM_ICON_NAME (the window title when minimized, usually)
--role newrole
Set window WM_WINDOW_ROLE
--classname newclassname
Set window class name (not to be confused with window class)
--class newclass
Set window class (not to be confused with window class name)
--overrideredirect value
Set window's override_redirect value. This value is a hint to the window
manager for whether or not it should be managed. If the redirect value is 0,
then the window manager will draw borders and treat this window normally. If
the value is 1, the window manager will ignore this window.
If you change this value, your window manager may not notice the change until
the window is mapped again, so you may want to issue 'windowunmap' and
'windowmap' to make the window manager take note.
DESKTOP AND WINDOW COMMANDS
These commands follow the EWMH standard. See the section EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS for more information.
windowactivate [options] [window=%1]
Activate the window. This command is different from windowfocus:
if the window is on another desktop, we will switch to that desktop. It also
uses a different method for bringing the window up. I recommend trying this
command before using windowfocus, as it will work on more window managers.
If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and
COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
--sync
After sending the window activation, wait until the window is actually
activated. This is useful for scripts that depend on actions being completed
before moving on.
getactivewindow
Output the current active window. This command is often more reliable than
getwindowfocus. The result is saved to the window stack. See WINDOW STACK
for more details.
set_num_desktops number
Changes the number of desktops or workspaces.
get_num_desktops
Output the current number of desktops.
get_desktop_viewport [--shell]
Report the current viewport's position. If --shell is given, the output is
friendly to shell eval.
Viewports are sometimes used instead of 'virtual desktops' on some window
managers. A viewport is simply a view on a very large desktop area.
set_desktop_viewport x y
Move the viewport to the given position. Not all requests will be obeyed - some
windowmangers only obey requests that align to workspace boundaries, such as
the screen size.
For example, if your screen is 1280x800, you can move to the 2nd workspace by doing:
xdotool set_desktop_viewport 1280 0
set_desktop desktop_number
Change the current view to the specified desktop.
get_desktop
Output the current desktop in view.
set_desktop_for_window [window=%1] desktop_number
Move a window to a different desktop. If no window is given, %1 is the
default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
get_desktop_for_window [window=%1]
Output the desktop currently containing the given window. Move a window to a
different desktop. If no window is given, %1 is the default. See WINDOW STACK and COMMAND CHAINING for more details.
SCRIPTS
xdotool can read a list of commands via stdin or a file if you want. A script
will fail when any command fails.
Truthfully, 'script' mode isn't very well fleshed out and may fall below your
expectations. If you have suggestions, please email the list or file a bug (See
CONTACT)
* Read commands from a file:
xdotool filename
* Read commands from stdin:
xdotool -
* Read commands from a redirected file
xdotool - < myfile
You can also write scripts that only execute xdotool. Example:
#!/usr/local/bin/xdotool
windowactivate $WINDOWID
mousemove -window $WINDOWID 50 50
click 1
click 1
All commands are run as if you had typed 'xdotool ' via /bin/sh. This
means any shell magic should work here, too, including the use of environment
variables. For above, here's how you'd set the value of WINDOWID:
% WINDOWID=1234 ./myscript
CLEARMODIFIERS
Any command taking the --clearmodifiers flag will attempt to clear any
active input modifiers during the command and restore them afterwards.
For example, if you were to run this command:
xdotool key a
The result would be 'a' or 'A' depending on whether or not you were holding the
shift key on your keyboard. Often it is undesirable to have any modifiers
active, so you can tell xdotool to clear any active modifiers.
The order of operations if you hold shift while running 'xdotool key --clearmodifiers a' is this:
1. Query for all active modifiers (finds shift, in this case)
2. Try to clear shift by sending 'key up' for the shift key
3. Runs normal 'xdotool key a'
4. Restore shift key by sending 'key down' for shift
The --clearmodifiers flag can currently clear of the following:
* any key in your active keymap that has a modifier associated with it.
(See xmodmap(1)'s 'xmodmap -pm' output)
* mouse buttons (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
* caps lock
SENDEVENT NOTES
If you are trying to send key input to a specific window, and it does not
appear to be working, then it's likely your application is ignoring the events
xdotool is generating. This is fairly common.
Sending keystrokes to a specific window uses a different API than simply typing
to the active window. If you specify 'xdotool type --window 12345 hello'
xdotool will generate key events and send them directly to window 12345.
However, X11 servers will set a special flag on all events generated in this
way (see XEvent.xany.send_event in X11's manual). Many programs observe this
flag and reject these events.
It is important to note that for key and mouse events, we only use
XSendEvent when a specific window is targeted. Otherwise, we use XTEST.
Some programs can be configured to accept events even if they are generated by
xdotool. Seek the documentation of your application for help.
Specific application notes (from the author's testing):
* Firefox 3 seems to ignore all input when it does not have focus.
* xterm can be configured while running with ctrl+leftclick, 'Allow SendEvents'
* gnome-terminal appears to accept generated input by default.
WINDOW STACK
Certain commands (search, getactivewindow, getwindowfocus) will find windows
for you. These results generally printed to stdout, but they are also saved
to memory for future use during the lifetime of the xdotool process. See
COMMAND CHAINING for more information.
The only modifications support for the window stack are to replace it. That is,
two of two sequential searches, only the last one's results will be the window
stack.
COMMAND CHAINING
xdotool supports running multiple commands on a single invocation. Generally,
you'll start with a search command (see WINDOW STACK) and then perform a
set of actions on those results.
To query the window stack, you can use special notation "%N" where N is a
number or the '@' symbol. If %N is given, the Nth window will be selected from
the window stack. Generally you will only want the first window or all windows.
Note that the order of windows in the window stack corresponds to the window
stacking order, i.e. the bottom-most window will be reported first (see
XQueryTree(3)). Thus the order of the windows in the window stack may not be
consistent across invocations.
The notation described above is used as the "window" argument for any given
command.
For example, to resize all xterms to 80x24:
xdotool search --class xterm -- windowsize --usehints %@ 80 24
Resize move the current window:
xdotool getactivewindow windowmove 0 0
In all cases, the default window argument, if omitted, will default to "%1". It is
obviously an error if you omit the window argument and the window stack is empty. If you
try to use the window stack and it is empty, it is also an error.
To activate the first firefox window found:
xdotool search --class firefox windowactivate
These would error:
xdotool windowactivate
xdotool windowactivate %1
xdotool windowactivate %@
When xdotool exits, the current window stack is lost.
Additinally, commands that modify the WINDOW STACK will not print the
results if they are not the last command. For example:
# Output the active window:
% xdotool getactivewindow
20971533
# Output the pid of the active window, but not the active window id:
% xdotool getactivewindow getwindowpid
4686
EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS
The following pieces of the EWMH standard are supported:
_NET_SUPPORTED
Asks the window manager what is supported
_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Query and set the current desktop. Support for this enables these commands:
set_desktop, get_desktop.
_NET_WM_DESKTOP
Query and set what desktop a window is living in. Support for this enables
these commands: set_desktop_for_window, get_desktop_for_window.
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
Allows you to query and set the active window by asking the window manager to
bring it forward. Support for this enables these commands: windowactivate, getactivewindow.
_NET_WM_PID
This feature is application dependent, not window-manager dependent. Query the
PID owning a given window. Support for this enables these commands:
getwindowpid.
SEE ALSO
xprop(1), xwininfo(1),
Project site:
Google Code:
EWMH specification:
CONTACT
Please send questions to xdotool-users@googlegroups.com. File bugs and feature requests at the following URL:
Alternately, if you prefer email, feel free to file bugs by emailing the list.
What works for you :)
AUTHOR
xdotool was written by Jordan Sissel.
This manual page was written originally by Daniel Kahn Gillmor
for the Debian project (but may be
used by others). It is maintained by Jordan Sissel.
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