Window objects

The size and position of windows is determined by the current layout. Nevertheless, windows can still change their appearance in multiple ways (toggling floating state, fullscreen, opacity).

Windows can access objects relevant to the display of the window (i.e. the screen, group and layout).

class libqtile.backend.base.window.Window

API commands

To access commands on this object via the command graph, use one of the following options:

lazy.window.<command>()

qtile cmd-obj -o window -f <command>

The following commands are available for this object:

bring_to_front()	Bring the window to the front.
center()	Centers a floating window on the screen.
commands()	Returns a list of possible commands for this object
disable_floating()	Tile the window.
disable_fullscreen()	Un-fullscreen the window
doc(name)	Returns the documentation for a specified command name
down_opacity()	Decrease the window's opacity by 10%.
enable_floating()	Float the window.
enable_fullscreen()	Fullscreen the window
eval(code)	Evaluates code in the same context as this function
focus([warp])	Focus this window and optional warp the pointer to it.
function(function, *args, **kwargs)	Call a function with current object as argument
get_position()	Get the (x, y) of the window
get_size()	Get the (width, height) of the window
info()	Return information on this window.
is_visible()	Is this window visible (i.e.
items(name)	Build a list of contained items for the given item class.
keep_above([enable])	Keep this window above all others
keep_below([enable])	Keep this window below all others
kill()	Kill the window
move_down([force])	Move this window below the previous window along the z axis.
move_floating(dx, dy)	Move window by dx and dy
move_to_bottom()	Move this window below all windows in the current layer e.g.
move_to_top()	Move this window above all windows in the current layer e.g.
move_up([force])	Move this window above the next window along the z axis.
place(x, y, width, height, borderwidth, ...)	Place the window in the given position.
resize_floating(dw, dh)	Add dw and dh to size of window
set_opacity(opacity)	Set the window's opacity
set_position(x, y)	Move floating window to x and y; swap tiling window with the window under the pointer.
set_position_floating(x, y)	Move window to x and y
set_size_floating(w, h)	Set window dimensions to w and h
static([screen, x, y, width, height])	Makes this window a static window, attached to a Screen.
toggle_floating()	Toggle the floating state of the window.
toggle_fullscreen()	Toggle the fullscreen state of the window.
toggle_maximize()	Toggle the fullscreen state of the window.
toggle_minimize()	Toggle the minimized state of the window.
togroup([group_name, switch_group, toggle])	Move window to a specified group
toscreen([index])	Move window to a specified screen.
up_opacity()	Increase the window's opacity by 10%.

Command documentation

abstract bring_to_front() → None

Bring the window to the front.

In X11, bring_to_front ignores all other layering rules and brings the window to the very front. When that window loses focus, it will be stacked again according the appropriate rules.

center() → None

Centers a floating window on the screen.

commands() → list[str]

Returns a list of possible commands for this object

Used by __qsh__ for command completion and online help

abstract disable_floating() → None

Tile the window.

abstract disable_fullscreen() → None

Un-fullscreen the window

doc(name) → str

Returns the documentation for a specified command name

Used by __qsh__ to provide online help.

down_opacity() → None

Decrease the window's opacity by 10%.

abstract enable_floating() → None

Float the window.

abstract enable_fullscreen() → None

Fullscreen the window

eval(code: str) → tuple[bool, str | None]

Evaluates code in the same context as this function

Return value is tuple (success, result), success being a boolean and result being a string representing the return value of eval, or None if exec was used instead.

abstract focus(warp: bool = True) → None

Focus this window and optional warp the pointer to it.

function(function, *args, **kwargs) → None

Call a function with current object as argument

abstract get_position() → tuple[int, int]

Get the (x, y) of the window

abstract get_size() → tuple[int, int]

Get the (width, height) of the window

abstract info() → dict[str, Any]

Return information on this window.

Mimimum required keys are: - name - x - y - width - height - group - id - wm_class

is_visible() → bool

Is this window visible (i.e. not hidden)?

items(name: str) → tuple[bool, list[str | int] | None]

Build a list of contained items for the given item class.

Exposing this allows __qsh__ to navigate the command graph.

Returns a tuple (root, items) for the specified item class, where:

root: True if this class accepts a "naked" specification without an item seletion (e.g. "layout" defaults to current layout), and False if it does not (e.g. no default "widget").

items: a list of contained items

keep_above(enable: bool | None = None)

Keep this window above all others

keep_below(enable: bool | None = None)

Keep this window below all others

abstract kill() → None

Kill the window

move_down(force: bool = False) → None

Move this window below the previous window along the z axis.

Will not lower a "normal" window (i.e. one that is not "kept_above/below") below a window that is marked as "kept_below".

Will not lower a window where "keep_above" is True unless force is set to True.

abstract move_floating(dx: int, dy: int) → None

Move window by dx and dy

move_to_bottom() → None

Move this window below all windows in the current layer e.g. if you have 3 windows all with "keep_above" set, calling this method will move the window to the bottom of those three windows.

Calling this on a "normal" window will not raise it below a "kept_below" window.

move_to_top() → None

Move this window above all windows in the current layer e.g. if you have 3 windows all with "keep_above" set, calling this method will move the window to the top of those three windows.

Calling this on a "normal" window will not raise it above a "kept_above" window.

move_up(force: bool = False) → None

Move this window above the next window along the z axis.

Will not raise a "normal" window (i.e. one that is not "kept_above/below") above a window that is marked as "kept_above".

Will not raise a window where "keep_below" is True unless force is set to True.

abstract place(x, y, width, height, borderwidth, bordercolor, above=False, margin=None, respect_hints=False)

Place the window in the given position.

abstract resize_floating(dw: int, dh: int) → None

Add dw and dh to size of window

set_opacity(opacity: float) → None

Set the window's opacity

abstract set_position(x: int, y: int) → None

Move floating window to x and y; swap tiling window with the window under the pointer.

abstract set_position_floating(x: int, y: int) → None

Move window to x and y

abstract set_size_floating(w: int, h: int) → None

Set window dimensions to w and h

abstract static(screen: int | None = None, x: int | None = None, y: int | None = None, width: int | None = None, height: int | None = None) → None

Makes this window a static window, attached to a Screen.

Values left unspecified are taken from the existing window state.

abstract toggle_floating() → None

Toggle the floating state of the window.

abstract toggle_fullscreen() → None

Toggle the fullscreen state of the window.

abstract toggle_maximize() → None

Toggle the fullscreen state of the window.

abstract toggle_minimize() → None

Toggle the minimized state of the window.

abstract togroup(group_name: str | None = None, switch_group: bool = False, toggle: bool = False) → None

Move window to a specified group

Also switch to that group if switch_group is True.

If toggle is True and and the specified group is already on the screen, use the last used group as target instead.

Examples

Move window to current group:

togroup()

Move window to group "a":

togroup("a")

Move window to group "a", and switch to group "a":

togroup("a", switch_group=True)

toscreen(index: int | None = None) → None

Move window to a specified screen.

If index is not specified, we assume the current screen

Examples

Move window to current screen:

toscreen()

Move window to screen 0:

toscreen(0)

up_opacity() → None

Increase the window's opacity by 10%.