Set focus to a window using xprop

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I'm using the following to remove the windows border in my emacs when it starts up (--fullscreen is not an option as it also covers gnome shell's taskbar).



xprop -f -id xid _MOTIF_WM_HINTS 32c -set _MOTIF_WM_HINTS '0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0'" 
# xid is my emacs window


This works ok, however the window loses focus when I do so.



Considering I know the window id, is there a way to focus on it using xprop or any other builtin commands? (without installing anything, eg. xdotool or wmctrl)




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  • The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:45










  • I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
    – vise
    Mar 31 at 18:48










  • Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:59














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I'm using the following to remove the windows border in my emacs when it starts up (--fullscreen is not an option as it also covers gnome shell's taskbar).



xprop -f -id xid _MOTIF_WM_HINTS 32c -set _MOTIF_WM_HINTS '0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0'" 
# xid is my emacs window


This works ok, however the window loses focus when I do so.



Considering I know the window id, is there a way to focus on it using xprop or any other builtin commands? (without installing anything, eg. xdotool or wmctrl)




linux x11 emacs gnome-shell




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  • The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:45










  • I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
    – vise
    Mar 31 at 18:48










  • Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:59












up vote
1
down vote

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up vote
1
down vote

favorite











I'm using the following to remove the windows border in my emacs when it starts up (--fullscreen is not an option as it also covers gnome shell's taskbar).



xprop -f -id xid _MOTIF_WM_HINTS 32c -set _MOTIF_WM_HINTS '0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0'" 
# xid is my emacs window


This works ok, however the window loses focus when I do so.



Considering I know the window id, is there a way to focus on it using xprop or any other builtin commands? (without installing anything, eg. xdotool or wmctrl)




linux x11 emacs gnome-shell




share|improve this question














I'm using the following to remove the windows border in my emacs when it starts up (--fullscreen is not an option as it also covers gnome shell's taskbar).



xprop -f -id xid _MOTIF_WM_HINTS 32c -set _MOTIF_WM_HINTS '0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0'" 
# xid is my emacs window


This works ok, however the window loses focus when I do so.



Considering I know the window id, is there a way to focus on it using xprop or any other builtin commands? (without installing anything, eg. xdotool or wmctrl)





linux x11 emacs gnome-shell





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  • The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:45










  • I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
    – vise
    Mar 31 at 18:48










  • Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:59
















  • The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:45










  • I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
    – vise
    Mar 31 at 18:48










  • Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
    – dirkt
    Mar 31 at 18:59















The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
– dirkt
Mar 31 at 18:45




The window manager (WM) handles the focus, so you either need some tool like xdotool or wmctrl that talks to the window manager, or you need to configure your WM directly to assume the correct configuration without using xprop (you didn't tell us what WM you are using), or you need some other way to work around what your WM does when you use xprop.
– dirkt
Mar 31 at 18:45












I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
– vise
Mar 31 at 18:48




I'm using gnome shell. I'm going to focus my searches around it, thanks!
– vise
Mar 31 at 18:48












Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
– dirkt
Mar 31 at 18:59




Please edit your question with additional information; the comments may go away at some time.
– dirkt
Mar 31 at 18:59















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