Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
XDO(1)				  Xdo Manual				XDO(1)

NAME
       xdo - Perform actions on	windows

SYNOPSIS
       xdo ACTION [OPTIONS] [WID ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Apply the given action to the given windows.

       If no window IDs	and no options are given, the action applies to	the
       focused window.

ACTIONS
       close
	   Close the window.

       kill
	   Kill	the client.

       hide
	   Unmap the window.

       show
	   Map the window.

       raise
	   Raise the window.

       lower
	   Lower the window.

       below
	   Put the window below	the target (see	-t).

       above
	   Put the window above	the target (see	-t).

       move
	   Move	the window.

       resize
	   Resize the window.

       activate
	   Activate the	window.

       id
	   Print the window's ID.

       pid
	   Print the window's pid.

       key_press, key_release
	   Simulate a key press/release	event.

       button_press, button_release
	   Simulate a button press/release event.

       pointer_motion
	   Simulate a pointer motion event.

       -h
	   Print the synopsis and exit.

       -v
	   Print the version and exit.

OPTIONS
       When options are	provided, the action applies to	all the	children of
       the root	window that match the comparisons implied by the options in
       relation	to the focused window.

       -r
	   Distinct ID.

       -c
	   Same	class.

       -C
	   Distinct class.

       -d
	   Same	desktop.

       -D
	   Distinct desktop.

       -n INSTANCE_NAME
	   The window has the given instance name.

       -N CLASS_NAME
	   The window has the given class name.

       -a WM_NAME
	   The window has the given wm name.

       -t WID
	   The target window for the below and above actions.

       -p PID
	   The window has the given pid.

       -k CODE
	   Use the given code for the key_press, key_release, button_press and
	   button_release actions.

       -x [+-]PIXELS
	   Window x coordinate (or delta) for the move and pointer_motion
	   action.

       -y [+-]PIXELS
	   Window y coordinate (or delta) for the move and pointer_motion
	   action.

       -w [+-]PIXELS
	   Window width	(or delta) for the resize action.

       -h [+-]PIXELS
	   Window height (or delta) for	the resize action.

       -m
	   Wait	for the	existence of a matching	window.

       -s
	   Handle symbolic desktop numbers.

EXAMPLES
       Close the focused window:

	   xdo close

       Close all the windows having the	same class as the focused window:

	   xdo close -c

       Hide all	the windows of the current desktop except the focused window:

	   xdo hide -dr

       Activate	the window which ID is 0x00800109:

	   xdo activate	0x00800109

       Send fake key press/release events with keycode 46 to the focused
       window:

	   xdo key_press -k 46;	sleep 0.2; xdo key_release -k 46

Xdo 0.5.7			  09/18/2017				XDO(1)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xdo&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.0.quarterly>

home | help