#!/bin/bash # Did I just click the desktop? #Get the window id of the window that is under the pointer and set variable WINDOW to it eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell) #Get the window id of the rootwindow aka desktop and convert the id into decimal form that xdotool uses so we can easily compare the values rootwindowid=$(($(lsw | head -1))) #Compare window ids to see if window under mouse is the rootwindow. Returns false if not. [ "$WINDOW" = "$rootwindowid" ]