flesler / xdotool-trigger

A simple wrapper for xdotool to easily trigger some artificial inputs

xdotool-trigger

A simple wrapper for xdotool to easily script some basic input macros

Arguments

You can pass a single mouse button to trigger or a list of keystrokes

Mouse buttons

• click
• wheel
• rclick
• wup
• wdown

Keystrokes

• Characters: a, b, 1, 2, Y, Z
• Keys: Return, space, L_Shift
• Combos: ctrl+a, shift+i

Options

• -w window_name: focus the first window by that name and send the inputs to it
• -r times: repeat the inputs this amount of times
• -d millis: delay between each click or series of keystrokes
• -p x,y: position the mouse in (x,y) before triggering the inputs
• -D: Dry-run mode, output the xdotool lines that would be executed
• -v: verbose mode, output the lines and also run them

Examples

Focus Firefox, select the address bar, type "pizza" and press Enter

trigger.sh -v -w Mozilla F6 ctrl+a p i z z a Return

Focus Firefox, refresh the current tab 10 times every 5 seconds

trigger.sh -v -w Mozilla ctrl+r -r 10 -d 5000

Trigger 10 clicks at (100,200) every second

trigger.sh -v -p 100,200 click -r 10 -d 1000

Simulate wheel down 30 times every 300ms

trigger.sh -v wdown -r 30 -d 300

Requirements

xdotool must be installed