How to focus the closest prev space after destroying a space?

[leandwo]

When I run yabai -m space --destroy yabai focuses the always very first space which doesn't feel natural to me. How can I get yabai to focus the prev space instead?

[leandwo]

I found a workaround but it feels jank beacuase the first screen flashes:

hyper - x:                                                                                                                                                                          
  current_space=$(yabai -m query --spaces --space | jq -r '.index'); \                                                                                                              
  yabai -m space --destroy; \                                                                                                                                                       
  yabai -m space --focus $((current_space - 1)) 

[koekeishiya]

You should just perform the operation in the reverse order. First focus the prev space and if successful, then destroy the space you came from; something like: hyper - x : yabai -m space --focus prev && yabai -m space recent --destroy

[leandwo]

Ah, that works out way better. Thank you!

[AurevoirXavier]

Expect:
If my previous work space is 1, current work space is 3, this will lead me to the space 2.

Actual:
This will kill the space 2 and lead me to the space 1. I don't know why.

@koekeishiya

[AurevoirXavier]

yabai -m space --focus recent && sleep 1 && yabai -m space recent --destroy

This works for me. It seems the status has not changed if too fast.

[metafates]

@AurevoirXavier Thanks! I had the same issue. By the way, I would recommend using sleep 0.01 instead of 1, still enough for yabai to update

[Guth-Alak]

just another option, this one goes to the last workspace instead of the first one

yabai -m space --destroy ;\ yabai -m space --focus last

[Guth-Alak]

although that does still flash the space1 briefly, this order avoids that

yabai -m space --focus last && yabai -m space recent --destroy || yabai -m space --focus prev && yabai -m space next --destroy