Linux @lemmy.world silly goose meekah @lemmy.world 9mo ago

[SOLVED] Bring existing KDE Konsole into focus instead of launching if one exists

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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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.
- Thanks for your reply :) I might look into it if I don't find anything easier
  
  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
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- in case you weren't notified despite subscribing to the post, there is a solution now :)
  
  Thank you!!
@mods: If I should cool it on the questions today, let me know.
- 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.
  
  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

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