xdotool - automation

Key Combination

xdotool key ctrl+shift+quoteleft

Type A String

xdotool type 'python3 watcher.py'

Click and Drag

# mousemove args are x, y; mousedown arg is which mousebutton
xdotool mousemove 999 500 && sleep 0.2 && xdotool mousedown 1 && sleep 0.2 && xdotool mousemove 1553 500 && xdotool mouseup 1

Get current location of mouse

xdotool getmouselocation --shell

Keycodes

Full list

Common codes


    
        
            Key
            Code
        
    
    
        
            `
            quoteleft
        
        
            Enter
            Return
        
        
            Control
            ctrl
        
        
            Shift
            shift
        
            Left Alt
            Alt_L

Key	Code
`	quoteleft
Enter	Return
Control	ctrl
Shift	shift
Left Alt	Alt_L