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Watches for the current Space being changed NOTE: This extension determines the number of a Space, using OS X APIs that have been deprecated since 10.8 and will likely be removed in a future release. You should not depend on Space numbers being around forever!

API Overview

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Constructors

new
Signature hs.spaces.watcher.new(handler) -> watcher
Type Constructor
Description

Creates a new watcher for Space change events

Parameters
  • handler - A function to be called when the active Space changes. It should accept one argument, which will be the number of the new Space (or -1 if the number cannot be determined)
Returns
  • An hs.spaces.watcher object
Source extensions/spaces/libspaces_watcher.m line 69

Methods

start
Signature hs.spaces.watcher:start()
Type Method
Description

Starts the Spaces watcher

Parameters
  • None
Returns
  • The watcher object
Source extensions/spaces/libspaces_watcher.m line 95
stop
Signature hs.spaces.watcher:stop()
Type Method
Description

Stops the Spaces watcher

Parameters
  • None
Returns
  • The watcher object
Source extensions/spaces/libspaces_watcher.m line 128