gnome-wayland-get-window-list
Extension to get the list of running windows using Gnome Wayland
Install
$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/get-windows@olen
$ cp ./extension.js ./metadata.json ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/get-windows@olen
Log out of Gnome and log back in
Usage
Get the list of windows
$ dbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Windows --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Windows.List
To make it more readable, pipe it through jq:
$ dbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Windows --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Windows.List | cut -d "'" -f 2 | jq
Focus a window
Focus the window with id 3150741192
$ dbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Windows --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Windows.Focus 3150741192
Minimize a window
Minimze the window with id 3150741192
$ dbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Windows --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Windows.Minimize 3150741192
Move or resize a window
Move the window with id 3150741192 to Workspace 1, X=0, Y=0 and resize to width=400, height=800
Note
Maximized windows will not be resized
$ gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Windows --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Windows.MoveResize 3150741192 1 0 0 400 800
Based on these
https://gist.github.com/rbreaves/257c3edfa301786e66e964d7ac036269 https://gist.github.com/tuberry/dc651e69d9b7044359d25f1493ee0b39