Correlate groups from XQueryTree data to a window - linux

Question

I ran XQueryTree on all my windows and I got them in z-order from topmost at top of the array to bottom-most at bottom of array.
I then filtered out only what is visible by doing XGetWindowAttributes on each and removing it if it is not map_state of IsVisible
For each visible window, I check and get the _NET_WM_PID, _NET_WM_NAME, x, y, height (as height + border_width), and width (as width + border_width).
My data is at this gist and also at bottom: https://gist.github.com/Noitidart/94562d08f243cd7ca7ec
My setup is of two monitors. And this is a fullscreenshot of them both:
There is one transparent window over each monitor, that is the height and width of the monitor, their titles are "nativeshot_canvas".
So looking through the data I see that windows are broken up into multiple entries by XQueryTree. My manual analysis tells me this:
"nativeshot_canvas" on left monitor
"nativeshot_canvas" on right monitor
UNKNOWN WINDOW 1
UNKNOWN WINDOW 2
horizontal menu bar on right monitor
horizontal menu bar on left monitor
vertical dock on right monitor
vertical dock on left monitor
UNKNOWN WINDOW 3
"Javascript Application" window
"Browser Console" window
"Mozilla Firefox" window with two tabs
"Desktop"
A graphic of the data and my manual analysis is below.
THE QUESTION
Is there a way to programmatically identify which entries correlate to a single window? In my manual analysis I used some patterns I came up with in that each window group starts with either a _NET_WM_PID (pid key in data below) or a _NET_WM_NAME (title key in data below). I don't think this is a good pattern because we see at top things have a PID but their width and height are 1.
edit: still stuck on how finding a gurantteed way to correlate these divisions into groups of windows. i basically need to get all x, y, width, and height of all the windows out there, if anyone has any input i would be very greatful
My code to list out the XQueryTree data:
var xqRoot = ostypes.TYPE.Window();
var xqParent = ostypes.TYPE.Window();
var xqChildArr = ostypes.TYPE.Window.ptr();
var nChilds = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_int();
var gpTypeReturned = ostypes.TYPE.Atom();
var gpFormatReturned = ostypes.TYPE.int();
var gpNItemsReturned = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_long();
var gpBytesAfterReturn = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_long();
var gpItemsArr = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_char.ptr();
var geoRoot = ostypes.TYPE.Window();
var geoX = ostypes.TYPE.int();
var geoY = ostypes.TYPE.int();
var geoW = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_int();
var geoH = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_int();
var geoBorderWidth = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_int();
var geoDepth = ostypes.TYPE.unsigned_int();
var wAttr = ostypes.TYPE.XWindowAttributes();
var processWin = function(w) {
if (aOptions.filterVisible) {
var rez_WA = ostypes.API('XGetWindowAttributes')(ostypes.HELPER.cachedXOpenDisplay(), w, wAttr.address());
console.info('wAttr.map_state:', wAttr.map_state.toString());
if (!cutils.jscEqual(wAttr.map_state, ostypes.CONST.IsViewable)) {
return; // continue as this is a hidden window, do not list features, do not dig this window
}
}
var thisWin = {};
// fetch props on thisWin
thisWin.hwndXid = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(w));
if (aOptions.getPid) {
var rez_pid = ostypes.API('XGetWindowProperty')(ostypes.HELPER.cachedXOpenDisplay(), w, ostypes.HELPER.cachedAtom('_NET_WM_PID'), 0, 1, ostypes.CONST.False, ostypes.CONST.XA_CARDINAL, gpTypeReturned.address(), gpFormatReturned.address(), gpNItemsReturned.address(), gpBytesAfterReturn.address(), gpItemsArr.address());
if (ostypes.HELPER.getWinProp_ReturnStatus(ostypes.CONST.XA_CARDINAL, gpTypeReturned, gpFormatReturned, gpBytesAfterReturn) == 1) {
var jsN = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(gpNItemsReturned));
if (jsN == 0) {
thisWin.pid = null; // set to null as this window did not have a pid, but i add the key indicating i tested for it and the window had the proerty
} else {
//console.info('gpItemsArr:', gpItemsArr.toString(), 'casted:', ctypes.cast(gpItemsArr, ostypes.TYPE.CARD32).toString(), 'casted to single el:', ctypes.cast(gpItemsArr, ostypes.TYPE.CARD32.array(1).ptr).contents.toString()); // "gpItemsArr:" "ctypes.unsigned_char.ptr(ctypes.UInt64("0x7f229409d710"))" "casted:" "ctypes.unsigned_int(2483672848)" "casted to single el:" "ctypes.unsigned_int.array(1)([2212])" // showing that it must be cast and not just to type cuz its single element, but to array of 1 element
thisWin.pid = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(ctypes.cast(gpItemsArr, ostypes.TYPE.CARD32.array(1).ptr).contents[0]));
}
ostypes.API('XFree')(gpItemsArr);
} else {
thisWin.pid = undefined; // window didnt even have property
}
}
if (aOptions.getTitle) {
var rez_title = ostypes.API('XGetWindowProperty')(ostypes.HELPER.cachedXOpenDisplay(), w, ostypes.HELPER.cachedAtom('_NET_WM_NAME'), 0, 256 /* this number times 4 is maximum ctypes.char that can be returned*/, ostypes.CONST.False, ostypes.HELPER.cachedAtom('UTF8_STRING'), gpTypeReturned.address(), gpFormatReturned.address(), gpNItemsReturned.address(), gpBytesAfterReturn.address(), gpItemsArr.address());
if (ostypes.HELPER.getWinProp_ReturnStatus(ostypes.HELPER.cachedAtom('UTF8_STRING'), gpTypeReturned, gpFormatReturned, gpBytesAfterReturn) == 1) {
var jsN = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(gpNItemsReturned));
if (jsN == 0) {
thisWin.title = ''; // window had property but not title
} else {
thisWin.title = ctypes.cast(gpItemsArr, ostypes.TYPE.char.array(jsN).ptr).contents.readString();
}
ostypes.API('XFree')(gpItemsArr);
} else {
thisWin.title = undefined; // window didnt even have property
}
}
if (aOptions.getBounds) {
if (aOptions.filterVisible) {
// then get the info from wAttr as its already available
thisWin.left = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.x));
thisWin.top = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.y));
var borderWidth = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.border_width));
thisWin.borderWidth = borderWidth;
thisWin.width = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.width))/* + borderWidth*/;
thisWin.height = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.height))/* + borderWidth*/;
thisWin.right = thisWin.left + thisWin.width;
thisWin.bottom = thisWin.top + thisWin.height;
} else {
var rez_bounds = ostypes.API('XGetGeometry')(ostypes.HELPER.cachedXOpenDisplay(), w, geoRoot.address(), geoX.address(), geoY.address(), geoW.address(), geoH.address(), geoBorderWidth.address(), geoDepth.address());
thisWin.left = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(geoX));
thisWin.top = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(geoY));
var borderWidth = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.border_width));
thisWin.borderWidth = borderWidth;
thisWin.width = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.width))/* + borderWidth*/;
thisWin.height = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(wAttr.height))/* + borderWidth*/;
thisWin.right = thisWin.left + thisWin.width;
thisWin.bottom = thisWin.top + thisWin.height;
}
}
rezWinArr.splice(0, 0, thisWin);
// dig the win even if it doesnt qualify
var rez_XQ = ostypes.API('XQueryTree')(ostypes.HELPER.cachedXOpenDisplay(), w, xqRoot.address(), xqParent.address(), xqChildArr.address(), nChilds.address()); // interesting note about XQueryTree and workspaces: "The problem with this approach is that it will only return windows on the same virtual desktop. In the case of multiple virtual desktops, windows on other virtual desktops will be ignored." source: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/System/Q_21443252.html
var jsNC = parseInt(cutils.jscGetDeepest(nChilds));
if (jsNC > 0) {
var jsChildArr = ctypes.cast(xqChildArr, ostypes.TYPE.Window.array(jsNC).ptr).contents;
// for (var i=jsNC-1; i>-1; i--) {
for (var i=0; i<jsNC; i++) {
var wChild = jsChildArr[i];
processWin(wChild);
}
ostypes.API('XFree')(xqChildArr);
}
}
processWin(ostypes.HELPER.cachedDefaultRootWindow());