# hs.spaces.watcher

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

Constructors - API calls which return an object, typically one that offers API methods

  • new

Methods - API calls which can only be made on an object returned by a constructor

  • start
  • stop

# API Documentation

# 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
Notes None
Examples None
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
Notes None
Examples None
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
Notes None
Examples None
Source extensions/spaces/libspaces_watcher.m line 128