Ubuntu
unity8 package

Need DBus application manager interface

Bug #1234901 reported by Thomi Richards
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qtmir (Ubuntu)
Opinion
Undecided
Unassigned
unity8 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

Autopilot really needs a way to programmatically ask the unity8 shell to:

 * Tell it which applications are running.
 * Tell it which application (or applications, in the case of a side-stage being present) is focussed.
 * Close a specified application.

Optionally, perhaps also a way to:

 * Switch focus to a specified application.

This has been discussed previously, and I believe there's a simple dbus specification lying around somewhere. This bug is to track the progress of that feature.

Tags: autopilot
Revision history for this message
kevin gunn (kgunn72) wrote :

Probably something we'll have to wait until terrible turtle to do

Changed in unity8:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity-mir:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Gerry Boland (gerboland) wrote :

To get list of running apps, upstart-app-list and friends probably useful. Similarly upstart-app-stop can close app.

There is a DBus API in AppManager right now that returns focused applications - mainly for HUD. It needs iterating however, so we'll add these requirements

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

upstart is connected to session dbus and one can control jobs over dbus through that. All apps are started as intances of an upstart job. This should enable querying running apps and closing them.

I don't believe it will provide focus / switch focus information.

Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in unity8 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
no longer affects: unity8
Gerry Boland (gerboland)
no longer affects: unity-mir
Changed in qtmir:
status: New → Opinion
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
affects: qtmir → qtmir (Ubuntu)
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