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xdotool
Langue: en
Version: 2008-07-20 (ubuntu - 07/07/09)
Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)
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NAME
xdotool - command-line X11 automation toolSYNOPSIS
xdotool cmd args...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 keystroke
- 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.
Example: Send the keystroke ``F2''
xdotool key F2 - keydown keystroke
- Same as above, except only keydown events are sent.
- keyup keystroke
- Same as above, except only keyup events are sent.
- type something to type
- Types a series of letters. In order, as fast as possible.
Example: to type 'Hello world!' you would do:
xdotool type 'Hello world!'
MOUSE COMMANDS
- mousemove x y
- Move the mouse to the specific X and Y coordinates on the screen
- mousedown button
- Send 'mouse down' for the given button. 1 == left, 2 == middle, 3 == right, etc.
- mouseup button
- Send 'mouse up for the given button
- click button
- Send mousedown followed by mouseup for the given button
- getmouselocation
- 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.
WINDOW COMMANDS
- search [options] somestring
- Search for windows with titles, names, or classes matching somestring. The output is line-delimited list of X window identifiers
The options available are:
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- --onlyvisible - Show only visible windows in the results.
- --title - Match against the window title
- --name - Match against the window name
- --class - Match against the window class
The default options are "--title --name --class"
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- getwindowfocus
- Prints the window id of the currently focused window
- windowsize [options] windowid width height
- Set the window size of the given window
The options available are:
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- --usehints - Use window sizing hints when setting width and height. This is useful on terminals.
Example: To set a terminal to be 80x24 characters, you would use: "xdotool windowsize --usehints windowid 80 24"
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- windowmove windowid x y
- Move the window to the given position
- windowfocus windowid
- Focus the window
- windowmap window_id
- Map a window. In X11 terminology, mapping a window means making it visible on the screen.
- windowraise window_id
- Raise the window to the top of the stack. This may not work on all window managers.
- windowunmap window_id
- Unmap a window, making it no longer appear on your screen.
DESKTOP AND WINDOW COMMANDS
These commands follow the EWMH standard. See the section ``EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS'' for more information.- windowactivate windowid
- 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.
- getactivewindow
- Output the current active window. This command is often more reliable than getwindowfocus.
- set_num_desktops number
- Changes the number of desktops or workspaces.
- get_num_desktops
- Output the current number of desktops.
- 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_id desktop_number
- Move a window to a different desktop.
- get_desktop_for_window window_id
- Output the desktop currently containing the given window.
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".
SEE ALSO
xprop(1), xwininfo(1),Project site: <http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool>
Google Code: <http://semicomplete.googlecode.com/>
CONTACT
Please send questions to xdotool-users@googlegroups.com. File bugs and feature requests at the following URL:<http://code.google.com/p/semicomplete/issues/list>
AUTHOR
xdotool was written by Jordan Sissel.This manual page was written originally by Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg-debian.org@fifthhorseman.net> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It is maintained by Jordan Sissel.
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