Where did the "Window Action" feature go?

https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/khotkeys/kcontrol/khotkeys/khotkeys.pdf

KDE 5 had a feature in the keyboard shortcuts in settings where you could set a Window Action as a trigger instead of a keyboard shortcut (Documentation in the link). This means that KDE would do something every time a certain window appeared. This was very useful, my use case was changing the TeamViewer authorization prompt to NT logon as I don't use the normal TeamViewer password. I think there should be a workaround if it's truly gone, but for the life of me I can't remember or search for the name of this software that does something every time a certain window is created.

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Bro666@lemmy.kde.social · 4 pts · 2y

I was not aware of this feature, but it sounds very useful. Why don't you submit a request to reinstate it to https://bugs.kde.org ?

JTskulk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I did a workaround by editing a script I found and don't understand using xprop, xwininfo, and xdotool. I probably should have mentioned that I'm using X, most of this stuff doesn't work on Wayland. Here's my script so far:

#!/bin/bash

xprop -spy -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep --line-buffered -o '0[xX][a-zA-Z0-9]\{7\}' |
while read -r id; do
    class="`xprop -id $id WM_CLASS 2> /dev/null | grep TeamViewer`"
    if [ -n "$class" ]; then
        if xprop -id "$id" | grep -q 'WM_NAME(STRING) = "TeamViewer Authentication"'; then
            echo "key Tab
            key space
            key shift+Tab
            key shift+Tab
            key Down
            key Tab
            type {my.username}
            key Tab
            key ctrl+u"| xdotool -
            # wait for the window to be closed
            xprop -spy -id $id > /dev/null 2>&1
            fi
    fi
done

It spits out errors after the window closes because I think it's trying to get windows properties from the now closed window, but it gets the job done!

Edit: changed the script to be much smaller and not show errors.

minecraftchest1@social.opendesktop.org · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

@JTskulk
Put it in a pastebin please. The spacing is all messed up, requiring lots of work to fix.

JTskulk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

The spacing looks fine here, I copied and pasted it into Kate and it worked fine, maybe you're on a phone or something. Here's a link to my latest version:

JTskulk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

DevilsPie is the name of the software I couldn't remember.