[Solved] Can I focus other screen Xmonad

AMTitan · 2021-05-25 21:35:51

So I was wondering if I could focus on another screen with xmonad, I know about XMonad.StackSet focus up and focus down but can I focus to the next screen?

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MrNeuneu · 2021-05-26 10:08:45

I only use one screen so I never looked into that but did have a look at this page? There are functions nextScreen, etc.

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AMTitan · 2021-05-26 15:36:36

I did not see anything called `nextScreen`

CarbonChauvinist · 2021-05-26 17:13:28

Check again?

nextScreen :: X ()
Source
View next screen
.....
shiftNextScreen :: X ()
Source
Move focused window to workspace on next screen
.....
swapNextScreen :: X ()
Source
Swap current screen with next screen

AMTitan · 2021-05-26 19:19:14

that is to move the window to the other screen I want to change my focus to the other screen

MrNeuneu · 2021-05-26 19:35:23

I cannot test because I only have one screen but could you tell us what is the difference between nextScreen and shiftNextScreen ? The description "View next screen" of nextScreen is not very explicit.

AMTitan · 2021-05-26 22:42:25

so shift next screen takes the current item and moves it to the other screen but if you try `focusDown` it changes the item that is focused and I wanted to know if you could do a focusNextScreen so then I could use an app on the other screen. (If I do shiftNextScreen it will just move the app but not my focus with it) And `nextScreen` just cycles to the next work space.

MrNeuneu · 2021-05-27 02:18:20

And `nextScreen` just cycles to the next work space.

This is strange. From what I understand of the source code, this should give focus to the next screen. Otherwise, what would be the difference with nextWS?

MrNeuneu · 2021-05-27 02:26:31

I really believe this nextScreen function should do what you want. In any case I cannot debug the issue but you can try to find what goes wrong by rewriting these functions by manipulating directly the StackSet through the function windows.

AMTitan · 2021-05-27 02:29:45

I just tried it again and now it works thank you but I am so confused but thank you

MrNeuneu · 2021-05-27 10:20:26

No problem!

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