"--all" and "--any" flags don't work with --class

[eater]

$ xdotool search --all --pid "1424" --name "gvim"
98566147
$ xdotool search --all --class "gvim" --name "gvim"
xdotool: Unknown command: --name
Run 'xdotool help' if you want a command list

[jordansissel]

It's a bit confusing, I'm sorry.

The --all and --class flags act as switches and do not take arguments. The error you are getting is because the --class flag takes no arguments, but the --pid flag does.

In your first example, it says "Search for a window with all of the following properties: PID is 14224, name matches the search argument, the search argument is gvim".

The argument "gvim" In your first command is an argument, as in xdotool search gvim and --name just says "The argument should match the window name". It just enables which properties to search (name, class, etc). I realize this is confusing :\

The second command fails because --class takes no arguments, so xdotool interprets as if you had given two different commands (xdotool lets you chain commands together). The second command is seen as --name and it reports it invalid.

The way xdotool implements search could be better, and I'm open to ideas about improvements.

[tadly]

Just hit the same issue and not only is it confusing, it also limits ones possibilities greatly as the class, the instance (what xdotools refers to as classname I assume) and the title (what xdotools refers to as name) can be completely different.

My suggestion would be to allow combined searches for each element rather than having it switch what will be searched for limiting what you can do.

A search could than look something like this.

xdotool search --class '^UXTerm$' --classname '^main-term-right$' --name "I don't need titles"

I intentionally omitted --all and --any. There's no need for them.
Other options like, --maxdepth, --onlyvisible etc. are fine to stay IMO

I think i3 does a good job with how it handles "window searching"

I hope I made any sense ':D