Floating window to be present in all workspaces

[gim-]

I went through the guide and commands pages and couldn't find this, so I assume this feature is not available at the moment.

Description

As a user, I'd like to be able to make a specific floating window appear on all workspaces.

Use case

Outlook has its own popup window for calendar event reminders, here is how it looks like:

This is very useful to not miss an important meeting. This popup is supposed to be visible regardless of which virtual desktop is currently selected. With AeroSpace enabled, though, there's no visual notification that a meeting is about to start unless you switch to the workspace where the window appeared.

Possible solution

Add a command to make a window present in all workspaces, which can be used in on-window-detected callback.

[nikitabobko]

Duplicate of #2

[nikitabobko]

Can you please capture the AX info of this window with aerospace debug-windows command, so that when #2 is implemented, AeroSpace would make this window sticky by default

[gim-]

Sure, there you go:

com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 windowId: 888
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 workspace: E
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 treeNodeParent: Workspace(name: 'E', isVisible: 'true', isEffectivelyEmpty: 'false', doKeepAlive: 'true')
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 isWindow: true
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 isDialogHeuristic: true
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXTitle: Optional(1 Reminder)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXRole: Optional(AXWindow)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXSubrole: Optional(AXStandardWindow)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXIdentifier: Optional(_NS:24)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXFocused: Optional(0)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXFullScreen: Optional(0)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXFrame: Optional(<AXValue 0x6000031a7200> {value = x:1488.000000 y:922.000000 w:400.000000 h:126.000000 type = kAXValueCGRectType})
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXPosition: Optional(<AXValue 0x600002aada40> {value = x:1488.000000 y:922.000000 type = kAXValueCGPointType})
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXGrowArea: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXMinimizeButton: AXUIElement {
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXRole: Optional(AXButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTitle: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXSubrole: Optional(AXMinimizeButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXEnabled: Optional(1)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXParent: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTopLevelUIElement: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXWindow: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      Ignored: AXFrame, AXSize, AXFocused, AXHelp, AXPosition, AXRoleDescription
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 }
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXDocument: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXSections: [
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888         Optional({
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888             SectionDescription = Content;
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888             SectionObject = "<AXUIElement 0x600002aaf180> {pid=1451}";
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888             SectionUniqueID = AXContent;
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888         }),
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888         Optional({
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888             SectionObject = "<AXUIElement 0x600002aafcc0> {pid=1451}";
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888             SectionUniqueID = AXContainer;
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888         })
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 ]
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXCloseButton: AXUIElement {
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXRole: Optional(AXButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTitle: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXSubrole: Optional(AXCloseButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXEnabled: Optional(1)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXParent: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTopLevelUIElement: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXWindow: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      Ignored: AXFrame, AXSize, AXFocused, AXHelp, AXPosition, AXRoleDescription, AXEdited
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 }
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXMain: Optional(1)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXActivationPoint: Optional(<AXValue 0x600002a864c0> {value = x:1558.000000 y:936.000000 type = kAXValueCGPointType})
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXFullScreenButton: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXProxy: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXDefaultButton: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXMinimized: Optional(0)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXParent: Optional(<AXUIElement Application 0x600002a864c0> {pid=1451})
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXTitleUIElement: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title=nil, role="AXStaticText", subrole=nil)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXCancelButton: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXModal: Optional(0)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXZoomButton: AXUIElement {
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXRole: Optional(AXButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTitle: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXSubrole: Optional(AXZoomButton)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXEnabled: Optional(0)
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXParent: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXTopLevelUIElement: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      AXWindow: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888      Ignored: AXFrame, AXSize, AXFocused, AXChildren, AXHelp, AXPosition, AXRoleDescription
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 }
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXSize: Optional(<AXValue 0x600002aafcc0> {value = w:400.000000 h:126.000000 type = kAXValueCGSizeType})
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 AXToolbarButton: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook.window.888 Ignored: AXChildrenInNavigationOrder, AXChildren, AXRoleDescription
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXRole: Optional(AXApplication)
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXTitle: Optional(Outlook)
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXFunctionRowTopLevelElements: [
com.microsoft.Outlook            ]
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXFrame: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXFocusedUIElement: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title=nil, role="AXTable", subrole=nil)
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXFrontmost: Optional(1)
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXExtrasMenuBar: Optional(<AXUIElement 0x600002aafcc0> {pid=1451})
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXMainWindow: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXFocusedWindow: AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXMenuBar: Optional(<AXUIElement 0x600002aea220> {pid=1451})
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXWindows: [
com.microsoft.Outlook                AXUIElement(windowId=888, title="1 Reminder", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow"),
com.microsoft.Outlook                AXUIElement(windowId=2573, title="Inbox • XXX", role="AXWindow", subrole="AXStandardWindow")
com.microsoft.Outlook            ]
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXSize: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook            AXPosition: nil
com.microsoft.Outlook            Ignored: AXChildren, AXChildrenInNavigationOrder, AXEnhancedUserInterface, AXPreferredLanguage, AXRoleDescription, AXHidden

[ItsVRK]

Here is how I did it for the Picture-in-Picture window when I pop a video out of my browser (Firefox):

In my ~/.config/aerospace/aerospace.toml:

exec-on-workspace-change = [
    '/bin/bash', '-c',
    '~/.config/aerospace/pip-move.sh',
]

~/.config/aerospace/pip-move.sh (currently works with Edge and FF):

#!/bin/bash
# Get current workspace
current_workspace=$(aerospace list-workspaces --focused)
# Move PiP windows to current workspace (handles both "Picture-in-Picture" and "Picture in Picture")
aerospace list-windows --all | grep -E "(Picture-in-Picture|Picture in Picture)" | awk '{print $1}' | while read window_id; do
    if [ -n "$window_id" ]; then
        aerospace move-node-to-workspace --window-id "$window_id" "$current_workspace"
    fi
done

[mgabor3141]

Here's a more robust version of the above script that supports multiple PiP windows and regexes matching the full string. With this I added Google Meet PiP matching as well.

#!/bin/bash
# Get current workspace
current_workspace=$(aerospace list-workspaces --focused)
# Move all PiP windows to current workspace (as defined by the regex)
aerospace list-windows --all --json \
  | jq -r '.[] | select(.["window-title"] | test("^(Picture[- ]in[- ]Picture|Meet - [a-z-]*)$")) | .["window-id"]' \
  | xargs -r -n1 -I{} aerospace move-node-to-workspace --window-id {} "$current_workspace"
done

[mgabor3141]

On a semi-related note, @nikitabobko it would be nice if we could query the isPopup internal field with the aerospace list-windows command