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XMonad windows thumb overview

Is there a possibility to get a overview of the present windows similar to other window managers where I can press Shift-TAB and get a overview with thumbnails of the present windows and can select one?

Solution

  • As @ChrisStryczynski pointed out rofi can be used. To get rofi -show windows work wmhDesktopsEventHook, ewmhDesktopsStartup and ewmhDesktopsLogHook from XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops need to be added with <+> to the respective hooks (i.e. example):

    rofi -show windows in action runing in XMonad:

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