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local events = hs.uielement.watcher
watchers = {}
function init()
appsWatcher = hs.application.watcher.new(handleGlobalAppEvent)
appsWatcher:start()
-- Watch any apps that already exist
local apps = hs.application.runningApplications()
for i = 1, #apps do
if apps[i]:title() ~= "Hammerspoon" then
watchApp(apps[i], true)
end
end
end
function handleGlobalAppEvent(name, event, app)
if event == hs.application.watcher.launched then
watchApp(app)
elseif event == hs.application.watcher.terminated then
-- Clean up
local appWatcher = watchers[app:pid()]
if appWatcher then
appWatcher.watcher:stop()
for id, watcher in pairs(appWatcher.windows) do
watcher:stop()
end
watchers[app:pid()] = nil
end
end
end
function watchApp(app, initializing)
if watchers[app:pid()] then return end
local watcher = app:newWatcher(handleAppEvent)
watchers[app:pid()] = {watcher = watcher, windows = {}}
watcher:start({events.windowCreated, events.focusedWindowChanged})
-- Watch any windows that already exist
for i, window in pairs(app:allWindows()) do
watchWindow(window, initializing)
end
end
function handleAppEvent(element, event)
if event == events.windowCreated then
watchWindow(element)
elseif event == events.focusedWindowChanged then
-- Handle window change
end
end
function watchWindow(win, initializing)
local appWindows = watchers[win:application():pid()].windows
if win:isStandard() and not appWindows[win:id()] then
local watcher = win:newWatcher(handleWindowEvent, {pid=win:pid(), id=win:id()})
appWindows[win:id()] = watcher
watcher:start({events.elementDestroyed, events.windowResized, events.windowMoved})
if not initializing then
hs.alert.show('window created: '..win:id()..' with title: '..win:title())
end
end
end
function handleWindowEvent(win, event, watcher, info)
if event == events.elementDestroyed then
watcher:stop()
watchers[info.pid].windows[info.id] = nil
else
-- Handle other events...
end
hs.alert.show('window event '..event..' on '..info.id)
end
init()
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