Redirect to opened app instead opening new one

I believe that some people prefer to always open new apps, but for those would don’t this would be great.

Example: I have opened one instance of google-chrome. When I use short-cut to initialize cerebro and type google-chrome, I would expect that previous instance would pop up instead of creating new one.

[maximbaz]

I think the best way to approach this feature request is by creating a completely new plugin. The current plugin is doing one job (opening new apps) and it’s doing it well, let’s keep it simple.

The new plugin would:

• search currently opened windows (not apps!)
• let you fuzzy-filter them
• and on <kbd>Enter</kbd> would bring it on top and focus it.

The main benefits are:

• it keeps code clean and separated, eliminates all funny bugs
• allows to choose which of the multiple windows you want to focus.

Examples:

Suppose you have two documents opened in LibreOffice Writer, the two windows have titles Fun - LibreOffice Writer and Work - LibreOffice Writer.

• Opening Cerebro and typing writer gives you 3 results:
  • Fun - LibreOffice Writer // <kbd>Enter</kbd> would focus on this specific document
  • Work - LibreOffice Writer // <kbd>Enter</kbd> would focus on this specific document
  • LibreOffice Writer // <kbd>Enter</kbd> would open a new instance of Writer
• Opening Cerebro and typing w writer gives you only one result, because nothing else matches:
  • Work - LibreOffice Writer

[am-shb]

OK, I have decided to write this plugin myself because it was one of the main reasons why I installed cerebro in the first place you can check it out at its repo or install it directly from cerebro by typing plugins manager try it out and let me know what you think PS: only tested on ubuntu 18.04 but should work on other distros too