hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace does not work on macOS 15.0 Sequoia #3698

RichDom2185 · 2024-10-06T11:06:28Z

It simply returns true without actually moving the window.

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QuantumLibet · 2024-10-06T18:40:11Z

It does, if that happens to be the number of the current space. Otherwise it should output
nil target space ID 3 does not refer to a user space.

On x86 Sonoma 14.7:
Showing all available spaces hs.spaces.allSpaces() outputs smth like this for me:
["3A6BED5A-AB1C-8E9F-E898-3B421BF1F35B"] = { 1, 81, 83 }.
So the second space has the id 81 on my current installation.

Using hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 81) moves the window, to the second space (while I am on the first) and outputs true. Works as designed.

What OS version are you on?

benjaminv · 2024-10-07T00:36:04Z

I can replicate the issue on my OS Sequoia 15.0.1 (24A348)
I've tried both shortcut and cli to move a focused window from Id 1 to Id2. The window blinked and remains without really going to desktop id 2.

Logs are,

2024-10-07 11:29:53: -- Lazy extension loading enabled
2024-10-07 11:29:53: -- Loading ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua
2024-10-07 11:29:53: -- Loading extension: logger
2024-10-07 11:29:53: -- Loading extension: hotkey
2024-10-07 11:29:53: 11:29:53     hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧1
2024-10-07 11:29:53:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧2
2024-10-07 11:29:53:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧3
2024-10-07 11:29:53:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧4
2024-10-07 11:29:53:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧5
2024-10-07 11:29:53:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧6
2024-10-07 11:29:53: -- Done.
2024-10-07 11:30:04: 11:30:04 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 2
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 2
2024-10-07 11:30:04: -- Loading extension: spaces
2024-10-07 11:30:04: -- Loading extension: application
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: UUID: 1D51D562-4807-ABEA-57D3-DF5D9BD2EFF9
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: Index: 2, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: Found spaceId for Desktop 2: 2
2024-10-07 11:30:04: -- Loading extension: window
2024-10-07 11:30:04:          WindowMove: Moving window hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace does not work on macOS 15.0 Sequoia · Issue #3698 · Hammerspoon/hammerspoon - Google Chrome – Ben (Personal) to spaceId 2
2024-10-07 11:30:07: 11:30:07 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 3
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 3
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: UUID: 1D51D562-4807-ABEA-57D3-DF5D9BD2EFF9
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: Index: 2, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: UUID: 7985EF1E-B2B7-C0CF-BC29-0CD90FBCB3D8
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-07 11:30:07:          WindowMove: Index: 2, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-07 11:30:07: 11:30:07 ** Warning:WindowMove: Space not found: Desktop 3
2024-10-07 11:30:07: 11:30:07 ** Warning:WindowMove: Space not found: Desktop 3
2024-10-07 11:30:07: -- Loading extension: alert
2024-10-07 11:30:10: 11:30:10 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 1
2024-10-07 11:30:10:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 1
2024-10-07 11:30:10:          WindowMove: UUID: 1D51D562-4807-ABEA-57D3-DF5D9BD2EFF9
2024-10-07 11:30:10:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-07 11:30:10:          WindowMove: Found spaceId for Desktop 1: 1
2024-10-07 11:30:10:          WindowMove: Moving window hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace does not work on macOS 15.0 Sequoia · Issue #3698 · Hammerspoon/hammerspoon - Google Chrome – Ben (Personal) to spaceId 1

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 2)
true

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 3)
nil	target space ID 3 does not refer to a user space

RichDom2185 · 2024-10-07T01:40:20Z

What OS version are you on?

I am currently on 15.0.1 Sequoia but the issue happens since 15.0 (as per the title).

Sorry if my logs weren't clear enough. Regardless of whether I was moving it to the current space or not, it will always return true. In the following example, I was always in the first space:

2024-10-07 09:37:36: Welcome to the Hammerspoon Console!
You can run any Lua code in here.

2024-10-07 09:37:36: -- Lazy extension loading enabled
2024-10-07 09:37:36: -- Loading ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua
2024-10-07 09:37:36: -- Loading extension: hotkey
2024-10-07 09:37:36: 09:37:36     hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌘⌃⌥W
2024-10-07 09:37:36: -- Done.
2024-10-07 09:38:18: -- Loading extension: spaces

> hs.spaces.allSpaces()
{
  ["37D8832A-2D66-02CA-B9F7-8F30A301B230"] = { 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 }
}
2024-10-07 09:38:31: -- Loading extension: window

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 5)
true

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 6)
true

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 6)
true

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.window.focusedWindow(), 5)
true

krykra7 · 2024-10-11T12:44:53Z

I can confirm the same behavior, it is always returning true, still nothing happens. It started after upgrading to Sequoia.

> hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(hs.application.get("kitty"):mainWindow(), hs.spaces.focusedSpace())
true

marcelja · 2024-10-16T07:00:38Z

They discussed here already. It seems like there's no good option to make it work
#3636

RichDom2185 · 2024-10-16T07:32:19Z

They discussed here already. It seems like there's no good option to make it work #3636

@marcelja Thanks for bringing this to my attention! The comment here #3636 (comment) seems to have done the trick for me.

krykra7 · 2024-10-17T06:57:13Z

I tried to modify provided script to suit my needs, namely moving unfocused window to current space, hack is not sufficient for this behavior, for me it's still open issue.

benjaminv · 2024-10-25T00:59:17Z

I've tried everything as inspired by code here and was unable to make it work.

my original config reads

-- Set up the logger
local log = hs.logger.new('WindowMover', 'info')

-- Function to get spaceId by space name
function getSpaceIdByName(spaceName)
    local spaceNames = hs.spaces.missionControlSpaceNames()
    for uuid, desktops in pairs(spaceNames) do
        log.i("UUID: " .. uuid) -- Log the UUID
        for index, name in pairs(desktops) do
            log.i("Index: " .. index .. ", Name: " .. tostring(name)) -- Log the index and name
            if name == spaceName then
                log.i("Found spaceId for " .. spaceName .. ": " .. index)
                return index
            end
        end
    end
    log.w("Space not found: " .. spaceName)
    return nil
end

-- Function to move focused window to a specific space
function moveFocusedWindowToSpace(spaceNumber)
    local spaceName = "Desktop " .. spaceNumber
    log.i("Attempting to move window to " .. spaceName)
    local spaceId = getSpaceIdByName(spaceName)
    if spaceId then
        local focusedWindow = hs.window.focusedWindow()
        if focusedWindow then
            log.i("Moving window " .. focusedWindow:title() .. " to spaceId " .. spaceId)
            hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(focusedWindow:id(), spaceId)
        else
            log.w("No focused window")
            hs.alert.show("No focused window")
        end
    else
        log.w("Space not found: " .. spaceName)
        hs.alert.show("Space not found: " .. spaceName)
    end
end

-- Bind keys ctrl + shift + 1-6
for i = 1, 6 do
    hs.hotkey.bind({"ctrl", "shift"}, tostring(i), function()
        log.i("Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + " .. i)
        moveFocusedWindowToSpace(i)
    end)
end

the logs reads

2024-10-25 11:57:57: -- Lazy extension loading enabled
2024-10-25 11:57:57: -- Loading ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua
2024-10-25 11:57:57: -- Loading extension: logger
2024-10-25 11:57:57: -- Loading extension: hotkey
2024-10-25 11:57:57: 11:57:57     hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧1
2024-10-25 11:57:57:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧2
2024-10-25 11:57:57:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧3
2024-10-25 11:57:57:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧4
2024-10-25 11:57:57:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧5
2024-10-25 11:57:57:              hotkey: Enabled hotkey ⌃⇧6
2024-10-25 11:57:57: -- Done.
2024-10-25 11:58:07: 11:58:07 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 2
2024-10-25 11:58:07:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 2
2024-10-25 11:58:07: -- Loading extension: spaces
2024-10-25 11:58:07: -- Loading extension: application
2024-10-25 11:58:08: 11:58:08 WindowMove: UUID: 7985EF1E-B2B7-C0CF-BC29-0CD90FBCB3D8
2024-10-25 11:58:08:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-25 11:58:08:          WindowMove: Index: 355, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-25 11:58:08:          WindowMove: Found spaceId for Desktop 2: 355
2024-10-25 11:58:08: -- Loading extension: window
2024-10-25 11:58:08:          WindowMove: Moving window init.lua — .hammerspoon to spaceId 355
2024-10-25 11:58:09: 11:58:09 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 3
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 3
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: UUID: 7985EF1E-B2B7-C0CF-BC29-0CD90FBCB3D8
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: Index: 355, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: UUID: F84D7AD8-6D0C-F050-EE90-CFBE2074CBF0
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-25 11:58:09:          WindowMove: Index: 355, Name: Desktop 2
2024-10-25 11:58:09: 11:58:09 ** Warning:WindowMove: Space not found: Desktop 3
2024-10-25 11:58:09: 11:58:09 ** Warning:WindowMove: Space not found: Desktop 3
2024-10-25 11:58:09: -- Loading extension: alert
2024-10-25 11:58:11: 11:58:11 WindowMove: Hotkey pressed: ctrl + shift + 1
2024-10-25 11:58:11:          WindowMove: Attempting to move window to Desktop 1
2024-10-25 11:58:11:          WindowMove: UUID: 7985EF1E-B2B7-C0CF-BC29-0CD90FBCB3D8
2024-10-25 11:58:11:          WindowMove: Index: 1, Name: Desktop 1
2024-10-25 11:58:11:          WindowMove: Found spaceId for Desktop 1: 1
2024-10-25 11:58:11:          WindowMove: Moving window init.lua — .hammerspoon to spaceId 1

could not figure out what was wrong, it logs everything as expected. any comment is appreciated.

niknbr · 2024-10-28T13:13:44Z

I was having the same issue. But the API started working again once I did the following

Right click the application in the dock
Click Options > (Assign To) ~~All spaces~~ All Desktops

It would be nice if there was a way to do this programmatically.
I'm on Sequoia 15.0.1.

krykra7 · 2024-10-28T14:10:43Z

@niknbr I have only (Assing To) All Desktops, which does not help, any chance you know why there is such difference?

niknbr · 2024-10-28T14:34:24Z

@krykra7 My bad. It is "All Desktops". If it helps here is the reference to the function I use it with

function moveWindowToCurrentScreen(appName)
  local app = hs.application.get(appName)
  local window = app:mainWindow()

  -- Set window frame when moved to different monitor
  local mainScreen = hs.screen.mainScreen()
  local mainScreenFrame = mainScreen:frame()
  window:setFrame(mainScreenFrame)

  -- Move window
  local currentSpace = hs.spaces.focusedSpace()
  hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace(window, currentSpace) -- Started working after setting it to "All Desktops"

  window:focus()
end

certainlyakey · 2024-10-30T11:57:11Z

@niknbr isn't the whole point of the "Assign to All desktops" command to have all windows of this app always visible in every space? And why someone would want to move them around if they are appearing on every desktop anyway?

mogenson · 2024-11-18T20:27:34Z

This is frustrating. I've tried the following work-arounds without success:

Mouse click down on window title bar. Switch to new space. Wait until new space is active. Drag window to the center of the screen for the new space. hs.spaces.windowsForSpace() and hs.spaces.windowSpaces() never report that the window is on the new space. As soon as the mouse is released, the window disappears back to the old space.
Click down on window title bar. Open Mission Control. Get the pixel location of the new space desktop preview in the bar on the top of the screen. Move the window with hs.window:move() over the new space desktop preview. Note: mouse drag events do not register while Mission Control is open. The window is positioned over the new space desktop preview but it is not "sucked down" into the new space.

Both these actions work when performed manually with the mouse and keyboard. They fail when automated with HammerSpoon.

steady137 mentioned this issue Nov 5, 2024

hs.spaces.moveWindowToSpace not working #3636

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