Trying to move spotify to desktop 8, what I'm I doing wrong?

[ghost]

❯ bspc rule -a spotify desktop="^8"

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❯ bspc rule -a spotify desktop='^8'

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❯ bspc rule -a Spotify desktop='^8'

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❯ man bspc

~ took 22s
❯ bspc rule -a :Spotify desktop='^8'

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❯ bspc rule -a :spotify desktop='^8'

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❯ xprop
_NET_WM_ICON(CARDINAL) =
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "spotify", "Spotify"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "Spotify Premium"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "Spotify Premium"
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 5
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
                window state: Normal
                icon window: 0x0
XdndProxy(WINDOW): window id # 0x2a00002
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                program specified location: 0, 0
                window gravity: Static
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 11083
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.UTF-8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "fluffy.local"
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, _NET_WM_PING

~ took 2s
❯ bspc rule -a "Spotify" desktop='^8'

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❯ bspc rule -a "Spotify Premium" desktop='^8'

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❯ bspc rule -a Spotify Premium desktop='^8'

[ghost]

According to man bspwm you have to move the node with the bspc node -d ^8 command.
Your current actions won't move the node to another desktop.

Oh, and of course: with the command given by me you can move only focused node. To do that with not focused node you need to specify its id (thanks to your output it's clear that the id is 0x2a00002) or use other suitable selectors described in man bspwm.

[baskerville]

This is a duplicate of #291.