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[SOLVED] Bring existing KDE Konsole into focus instead of launching if one exists (self.linux)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by meekah to c/linux

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I use KDE on arch and would like to achieve the following behavior:

Whatever way I launch Konsole, I want it to check whether there already is a Konsole instance. If one exists, it should be brought into focus, and if no instance exists, one should be launched.

I am unable to find such an option in the Konsole settings, even though I found a roughly 1 year old forum entry mentioning such a setting. Was it removed or am I just blind? Or do I need some optional dependency?

Alternatively, it would be fine if this could simply kick in when I use my Super+K shortcut, which I've set up. Maybe there's a way to call Konsole from the terminal like that? I tried using konsole --force-reuse but it didn't seem to do the trick, and konsole --new-tab does not bring Konsole into the foreground.

Edit: Here's a script that does this, by @[email protected]

#!/bin/bash
WIN="$(kdotool search --class org.kde.konsole | head -1)"
if [[ "$WIN" != "" ]]; then 
    kdotool windowactivate "$WIN"
else 
    konsole
fi

kdotool is available in AUR as kdotool-git

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[–] Audalin 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you don't find such a setting, you can try writing a script that checks if it's running already (e.g. with pgrep), activates the window if found (no idea how to do that in Wayland properly) and launches a new instance otherwise. Then use a custom .desktop launcher for Konsole.

[–] meekah 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for your reply :) I might look into it if I don't find anything easier

[–] Audalin 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Here's a KDE-specific script with kdotool (Wayland always needs custom solutions for simple things):

#!/bin/bash
WIN="$(kdotool search --class org.kde.konsole | head -1)"
if [[ "$WIN" != "" ]]; then 
    kdotool windowactivate "$WIN"
else 
    konsole
fi

[–] meekah 3 points 6 months ago

sweet! thank you so much!

[–] johsny 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would like to know too. Subscribed.

[–] meekah 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

in case you weren't notified despite subscribing to the post, there is a solution now :)

[–] johsny 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you!!

[–] meekah 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@mods: If I should cool it on the questions today, let me know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a mod here, but two should be fine. Just don't keep asking simple questions day after day or week after week. That's when it gets annoying.

[–] meekah 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is this a simple question? It's hard to tell from my inexperienced position. I have a few friends who are more experienced with linux than I am, and they help me out from time to time. But when they are not available and I am unable to find something on google after 15-30 minutes, I tend to start posting to forums haha

[–] johsny 2 points 6 months ago

Google search is so useless these days too!