monorepo/dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher

chrome-tab-switcher

chrome-tab-switcher reads chrome-session-dump --json, presents tabs via rofi, and switches to the chosen Chrome tab in i3wm using wmctrl + xdotool.

By default it discovers all active Chrome/Chromium sessions by inspecting running processes (ps -eo args), then merges tabs from each discovered --user-data-dir.

Requirements

• chrome-session-dump
• rofi
• wmctrl
• xdotool

Usage

Interactive (default, all active sessions):

python3 dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py

List tabs only:

python3 dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py --list-only

Switch by explicit token:

python3 dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py --select S0W0T5

Dry-run (show focus/switch commands without executing):

python3 dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py --select S0W0T5 --dry-run

Single-session mode (legacy behavior):

python3 dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py --single-session

i3 binding example

bindsym $mod+u exec --no-startup-id python3 /home/bwdezend/monorepo/dezendorf/applications/chrome-tab-switcher/chrome-tab-switcher.py

Notes

• The tool prefers matching the parent Chrome window by active-window title from session data, then falls back to index order.
• Tab switching resets to first tab (Ctrl+1) and advances with repeated Ctrl+Tab.