How can I issue a command in i3 and then return to the same window?

Question

If I do this, it will focus Chromium and open up the print dialog,

i3-msg mark _last, "[class=Chromium] focus", exec xdotool key "Ctrl+P"

If I do this,

i3-msg mark _last, "[class=Chromium] focus", exec xdotool key "Ctrl+P" && sleep 0.5, "[con_mark=foo] _last"

Nothing happens. I'm just wanting to return to the window I marked. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

You need to focus after the command is done,

i3-msg mark _last, '[class=Chromium] focus', exec "sh -c \"xdotool key Ctrl+P && i3-msg '[con_mark=_last] focus'\""