Moving focused window from another space into current space

[kirbyfu]

Let's say you're currently working in space 1 and have an app in space 2.

When I use Raycast to open the app, mac by default switches me to space 2 instead of moving (or better, copying) that window to space 1. This forced context switch is annoying and I've been trying to find a workaround using the following:

Disable the auto space switching behavior.

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO
killall Dock

I then combine it with this script that moves a focused window in a non visible space into a visible space

YABAI_SCRIPT_LOG="$HOME/.config/yabai/.move_focused_window_to_space.log"

log() {
  local message="$1"
  echo "$message" >> "$YABAI_SCRIPT_LOG"
}

move_focused_window_to_space() {
  focused_window_info=$(yabai -m query --windows --window)
  focused_window_space=$(echo "$focused_window_info" | jq -r '.space')

  visible_spaces_array=($(yabai -m query --spaces | jq -r '.[] | select(.["is-visible"] == true) | .index'))

  log "Focused window info: $focused_window_info"
  log "Focused window space: $focused_space, Display: $focused_window_space"
  log "Visible spaces: ${visible_spaces_array[*]}"

  is_focused_window_space_visible=false
  for visible_space in "${visible_spaces_array[@]}"; do
    if [ "$focused_window_space" -eq "$visible_space" ]; then
      is_focused_window_space_visible=true
      break
    fi
  done

  if [[ $is_focused_window_space_visible == false ]]; then
    echo "Focused window space is on non-visible space: $focused_space"

    case "$focused_space" in
      1)  # etc (custom logic to move the window to the space you want)
        yabai -m window --space 2
        echo "Moved window from space 1 to 2."
        ;;
    esac
  fi
}

I hook up that script to these 2 events

yabai -m signal --add event=window_focused action="$HOME/.config/yabai/focus_windows/move_focused_window_to_space.sh"
yabai -m signal --add event=application_front_switched action="$HOME/.config/yabai/focus_windows/move_focused_window_to_space.sh"

It seems to work when I use Raycast to to open up different repos with my code editor Cursor (i.e. if a Cursor with repo A was on a different space, this script would move that editor into my current space).

However, it doesn't work with some other apps such as SpeedCrunch, Insomnium, Redis Insight, etc - possibly all other apps since opening the repos is using a special Raycast extension. The issue is that after I focus the window using Raycast, (I know it's technically somewhat focused because the iOS menu bar changes to show the context menus of the app I focused), and log the output of yabai -m query --windows --window, I get no results. If I log yabai -m query --windows, it shows no windows have has-focus: true. fwiw, the window that I tried to focus also has has-ax-reference: true.

Strangely, if I use Context3's search functionality to swap windows (essentially like AltTab), it does focus the window and my script then moves it to the current space. Sometimes I need to use Context3 to swap to the window twice before it successfully focuses it though.

Do you know why Raycast seems to have a softer focus than Context3? Is there anything else I can try to query for to find what window is "active" / has focus? Or maybe someone knows how to make Raycast trigger a "harder" focus?

One clue I noticed is that after swapping to Insonmium using Raycast, I couldn't send keyboard events - typing would result in beeps instead of inserting text into the query editor, where I last left the cursor. In contrast, using Raycast to swap to a different Cursor editor did focus it and typing would actually add text to the editor even if I can't see it (prior to implementing my script to move the window).

yabai-v7.1.14
Sonoma 14.6.1
M3 chip