kde-open, raise window and switch to desktop

[Daniel Barna]

Hi,
Thanks for the answer. Yes, I want exactly that. I also found wmctrl in the 
meantime, but the problem is that if from my script I open the document by 
kde-open, I don't actually know which app will open it (if it's a html 
document, it will be opened in the default browser, which may be firefox, 
rekonq, chrome, etc), therefore I can't use wmctrl.
Daniel

On Friday, April 01, 2011 03:13:30 pm Duncan wrote:
> Daniel Barna posted on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:03:54 +0200 as excerpted:
> > If I use kde-open to open a url, depending on my settings it may open
> > that url in a new tab of a running firefox, for example, etc.
> > Is it possible to tell kde-open to raise that window and switch to the
> > desktop that app is on, whatever application it has launched?
> 
> "kde-open --help-all" in a terminal window gives its options -- not many.
> 
> Not that I claim any particular knowledge of kde-open, but no, based on
> the above --help-all output, I don't believe it's possible to tell kde-
> open to raise the window and switch to the appropriate desktop if
> necessary.  That'd be up to the app in question, as well as any specific
> window behavior rules that have been configured to cover that app (as
> applied by kwin) in terms of focus-stealing-prevention, etc.
> 
> Based on your question it can be assumed that you are likely working on a
> scripted solution of some sort.  If that's the case, the "wmctrl" package
> and binary is likely to be of some help, as it allows scripted desktop and
> window actions of various types, including switching to the desktop
> containing a window and raising it.  As may be expected, after installing
> the package, both the wmctrl (1) manpage and wmctrl --help at the command
> line offer details on commandline usage and options.
> 
> What it sounds like you may be wanting, therefore, would be a call to kde-
> open, likely followed by a call to wmctrl.
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