hunner
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11 months ago This kind of sounds like https://contexts.co/ (which is paid). On linux there is rofi -show window. Neither of these search tabs.
If you can get some tooling around window and tab inspection and selection, you can use https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/choose to create a gui selection menu.
- You could then use applescript (tho it seems slow) like in https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/174514/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-all-currently-running-programs-window-titles-wi
- Or you could use https://talonvoice.com/ which has an excellent library for interacting with the macos (and windows and linux) UI. Eg
echo 'print("\\n".join([f"{x.app.name} - {x.title}" for x in ui.windows()]))'|~/.talon/bin/repl|tail -n +2|choosepops up a menu of windows to choose from. - Or you could use https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai and disable the window management stuff, which also has a good repl for interacting with macos UI elements (not tabs tho).
- I haven't tried it, but https://github.com/junosan/tile says that it can list and select windows and may be the easiest option, tho it doesn't look maintained any more. Perhaps it could form the basis for a PR to Amethyst (both are MIT licensed).
rcarmo
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When you have multiple large monitors and nearly a dozen windows, navigating the layout stack with
hjklor switching focus to another monitor or space often requires use of the mouse/trackpad, and I usually want to switch to a specifically named window or tab.I would love to have
i3-stylematchbehaviour to switch windows based on name/title. I know from fiddling around with the Accessibility APIs that tab titles (at least Safari ones) are also available, so that would be a nice extra.Describe the solution you'd like I would type, say,
mod1+G(haven't checked if it's available, this is just an example) and I would get a Spotlight-like popup enabling me to type and filter through the list of windows/tabs (which would show up with a simple visual affordance like the app's icon in front).Describe alternatives you've considered Using other apps. I had this ability in Quicksilver (which sort of dates me, I guess), and have used Witch from ManyTricks in the past, but they're a) not something I can contribute to and b) full of additional features I don't need.