How can you check if a window is minimized via the terminal in linux?
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1Which window manager are you using?user229044– user229044 ♦2010-10-30 03:09:52 +00:00Commented Oct 30, 2010 at 3:09
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The default windows manager for Ubuntuhtmlajax– htmlajax2010-10-30 03:18:36 +00:00Commented Oct 30, 2010 at 3:18
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xwininfo -name 'Window Title' | grep 'Map State:'
Look for IsViewable versus IsUnMapped; these come from the map_state field returned by XGetWindowAttributes.
(At least, that works with traditional window managers; I don't know if Compiz does screwy stuff to allow for thumbnailing minimized windows.)
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Skippy le Grand Gourou
It won't work with Enlightenment (e17), where the
map_state seems to be always IsViewable (this is a feature, which allows for instance screen captures of hidden windows).
Avio
Doesn't work either on Ubuntu 13.04 with Compiz. The result for some window is
Map State: IsViewable, for others is Map State: IsUnMapped, but this field seems not related to the actual visibility (normal or minimized) of a window.if xwininfo -all -id $windowIdGoHere |grep "Hidden"; then
echo "is hidden"
fi
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[ $(xwininfo -id 0x60001d -all | awk '/Maximized/{print}' | wc -l) -eq 2 ] && echo Maximized
where 0x60001d is window ID. See xwininfo -h for other ways to identify a window for testing.
