I use KDE on arch and would like to achieve the following behavior:

Whatever way I launch Konsole, I want it to check whether there already is a Konsole instance. If one exists, it should be brought into focus, and if no instance exists, one should be launched.

I am unable to find such an option in the Konsole settings, even though I found a roughly 1 year old forum entry mentioning such a setting. Was it removed or am I just blind? Or do I need some optional dependency?

Alternatively, it would be fine if this could simply kick in when I use my Super+K shortcut, which I’ve set up. Maybe there’s a way to call Konsole from the terminal like that? I tried using konsole --force-reuse but it didn’t seem to do the trick, and konsole --new-tab does not bring Konsole into the foreground.

Edit: Here’s a script that does this, by @Audalin@lemmy.world

#!/bin/bash
WIN="$(kdotool search --class org.kde.konsole | head -1)"
if [[ "$WIN" != "" ]]; then 
    kdotool windowactivate "$WIN"
else 
    konsole
fi

kdotool is available in AUR as kdotool-git

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    7 months ago

    I’m not a mod here, but two should be fine. Just don’t keep asking simple questions day after day or week after week. That’s when it gets annoying.

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Is this a simple question? It’s hard to tell from my inexperienced position. I have a few friends who are more experienced with linux than I am, and they help me out from time to time. But when they are not available and I am unable to find something on google after 15-30 minutes, I tend to start posting to forums haha