xdotool : how to wait so file opens and then execute ( xdotool windowactivate --sync $a )

Question

What we have here is a code that looks for the title

AAA

if it finds it, it activates it and then repositions it.

but the problem is, if the file is not open.. it will
open it just fine. however won't activate and reposition it.

a=`xdotool search --name "AAA"`
if [[ "$a" ]]; then
   xdotool windowactivate --sync $a
   xdotool windowmove --sync $a 377 153
  else
   leafpad '/media/1/AAA'
   xdotool windowactivate --sync $a
   xdotool windowmove --sync $a 377 153
  fi

UPDATE

i suppose it doesn't have to activate it, given that it would be active when opened, but it can not reposition it.

Answer 1

Not quite sure what the user is having issues with but here we go:

a=`xdotool search --name "AAA"`
if [[ "$a" ]]; then
   xdotool windowactivate --sync $a
   xdotool windowmove --sync $a 377 153
else
   leafpad '/media/1/AAA'
   sleep 5
   a=`xdotool search --name "AAA"`    # <-- You need this
   xdotool windowactivate --sync $a   # <-- Otherwise $a will be empty (think about it)
   xdotool windowmove --sync $a 377 153
fi

The reason for the window not being re-positioned is because:

You search for 'leafpad' and place it in $a, but if leafpad isn't started $a will be empty when you go into the else block. So you need to search and place leafpad in $a after it's launched again in order to move it.