That did it ! I was hoping this would be natively supported, as it
makes lots of sense, when "Group Matches" feature is used.
We had a custom hook written for our users (code below), but it started
behving strangely when we upgraded to v0.15.1. For example, whenever a
rule is matched, the focus shifts to the previously focused screen.
When we downgrade to v0.14.2, it works as expected. The example below
does not use Qtile Group Matches. The rules are defined in the funtion,
obviously. If anyone can spot what causes v0.15.1 to act differently
than v0.14.2, it would be greatly appreciated.
However, we will switch to your hook as it is clearner and Group
Matches is a native feature of Qtile.
@hook.subscribe.client_newdef apptogroup(client): d =
{} ######################################################### ####
############ assgin apps to groups
################## #################################################
######## d[group_names[0]] = ["vivaldi-stable", "vivaldi-snapshot",
"Navigator", ] d[group_names[1]] = ["subl3", "at
om", ] d[group_names[2]] = ["termite","urxvt",
] d[group_names[3]] = ["org.gnome.meld", ] d[group_names[4]] =
["", ] d[group_names[5]] = ["", ] d[group_names[6]] =
["VirtualBox Manager", "VirtualBox Machine", ] d[group_names[7]] =
["thunar", "Thunar", ] d[group_names[8]] = ["pragha",
] d[group_names[9]] = ["discord", "telegram-desktop",
] ########################################################## wm_c
lass = client.window.get_wm_class()[0]
for i in range(len(d)): if wm_class in
list(d.values())[i]: group =
list(d.keys())[i] client.togroup(group) client.gr
oup.cmd_toscreen()
On Sun, 2020-06-07 at 22:29 -0700, tcld wrote:
> I am honestly not sure if there is an easier, cleaner way to achieve
> what you are after, but I am doing this manually using the following
> hook. "focus_on_window_activation" is set to "smart":
> @hook.subscribe.client_new
> def modify_window(client):
> if (client.window.get_wm_transient_for() or
> client.window.get_wm_type() in floating_types):
> client.floating = True
>
> for group in groups: # follow on auto-move
> match = next((m for m in group.matches if m.compare(client)),
> None)
> if match:
> targetgroup = client.qtile.groups_map[group.name] #
> there can be multiple instances of a group
> targetgroup.cmd_toscreen(toggle=False)
> break
>
> The first two lines in that function only serve to take care of
> floating windows, you might already have that taken care of
> somewhere. My groups are publicly available in a list.
> From my experience this works perfectly; you could even exempt
> certain groups (or windows, although that would be a little uglier)
> from moving focus to automatically.
>
>
>
> On Monday, 8 June 2020 02:06:53 UTC+2, Marco Obaid wrote:
> > Guillaume, do you or the DEV team have a suggestion on how to
> > overcome this problem? We release a Qtile ISO for our Arcolinux
> > users and our users have been asking for this functionality.
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 1:43 PM Marco Obaid <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > I tested this on 0.15.1 and 0.14.2 with the same result stated
> > > below.
> > > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 1:40 PM Guillaume Gelin <[email protected]
> > > > wrote:
> > > > What version / commit of Qtile are you using?
> > > > Le ven. 29 mai 2020 à 20:38, Marco Obaid <[email protected]> a
> > > > écrit :
> > > > > I am trying to assign specific applications to open only in
> > > > > specific groups. Reading the documentation, I came across
> > > > > "Group Matches". I defined it in my config.py as stated
> > > > > below. For the most part it is working well. The
> > > > > application defined in the example below do open only in
> > > > > their assigned group. The only issue that I am trying to
> > > > > overcome is that "focus" does not automatically shift to the
> > > > > targeted group when I launch an application that is defined
> > > > > in the Match list below. For example, if I am in group 1 and
> > > > > launch Termite, which is assigned group 3. Termite WILL open
> > > > > in group 3, however, I have to switch the group manually from
> > > > > 1 to 3 to start using Termite. The odd thing is that this is
> > > > > not happening to Sublime Text. If I am in any group, other
> > > > > than group 2 (defined for Sublime), two things will happen:
> > > > > 1) Sublime Text will open in group 2, AND, the focus is
> > > > > shifted to group 2 (which is the desired behavior). I have
> > > > > played around with "focus_on_window_activation" but it did
> > > > > not make a difference (value of "focus" seems to be the best
> > > > > settings).
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestion? Is this a possible bug?
> > > > >
> > > > > group_matches = [
> > > > > #Group 1
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["vivaldi-stable", "Vivaldi-stable", ])],
> > > > > #Group 2
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["subl3", "Subl3", ])],
> > > > > #Group 3
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["termite", "Termite", "urxvt", "URxvt",
> > > > > ])],
> > > > > #Group 4
> > > > > None, #[Match(wm_class=["Firefox", "firefox",
> > > > > "Navigator", ])],
> > > > > #Group 5
> > > > > None,
> > > > > #Group 6
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["pragha", "Pragha", ])],
> > > > > #Group 7
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["VirtualBox Manager", ])],
> > > > > #Group 8
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["thunar", "Thunar", ])],
> > > > > #Group 9
> > > > > None,
> > > > > #Group 0
> > > > > [Match(wm_class=["discord", ])],
> > > > > ]
> > > > >
> > > > > for i in range(len(group_names)):
> > > > > groups.append(
> > > > > Group(
> > > > > name=group_names[i],
> > > > > layout=group_layouts[i].lower(),
> > > > > label=group_labels[i],
> > > > > matches=group_matches[i],
> > > > > exclusive=group_exclusives[i],
> > > > > persist=group_persists[i],
> > > > > init=group_inits[i],
> > > > > #####spawn=group_spawns,
> > > > > ))
> > > > >
> > > > > .
> > > > > .
> > > > > .
> > > > >
> > > > > focus_on_window_activation = "focus" # or smart
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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