enter-other

#!/bin/bash

# This script clciks on the other window and presses enter

current_window=$(json-wmctrl | jq 'select(.focus) | .id')

# Extract x and y coordinates from the output
x=$(xdotool getmouselocation | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | cut -d ':' -f 2)
y=$(xdotool getmouselocation | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d ':' -f 2)

# Move x to the other side of the screen by mirroring along the middle
xdotool mousemove $((1920 - x)) $y
xdotool click 1


xdotool key Up

# press enter with xdotool
xdotool key Return

xdotool mousemove $x $y

wmctrl -i -a "$current_window"

This is a little script to press return in the "other window" when you have two windows open. It uses a little tool called json-wmctrl available in pypi to get the current window.

If you are interested in small tools like this you might like to

1. Have a look at my collection of command line tools
2. Read the Technical miscellany section of my blog
3. Follow me on X where I tend to write about this sort of thing