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Added ability to have applications start in the scratchpad.

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Storm Dragon 2025-04-15 18:31:32 -04:00
parent 7ce6e3d10b
commit 09e21e297c
2 changed files with 38 additions and 1 deletions

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i38.sh

@ -516,9 +516,13 @@ bindsym Mod1+Tab focus right
bindsym \$mod+BackSpace fullscreen toggle
# move the currently focused window to the scratchpad
# Move the currently focused window to the scratchpad
bindsym \$mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad
# Bind the currently focused window to the scratchpad
# This means it will always open in the scratchpad
bindsym \$mod+Shift+equal exec --no-startup-id ${i3Path}/scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh
# Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window.
# If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them.
bindsym \$mod+minus scratchpad show
@ -770,6 +774,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id bash -c 'if [[ -f "${i3Path}/firstrun" ]]; then ${webBrowse
include "${i3Path}/customizations"
EOF
touch "${i3Path}/customizations"
touch "${i3Path}/scratchpad"
# Check for markdown or pandoc for converting the welcome document
if command -v pandoc &> /dev/null ; then
pandoc -f markdown -t html "I38.md" -so "${i3Path}/I38.html" --metadata title="Welcome to I38"

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scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh Executable file

@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Find out if we're using i3
if ! [[ -n "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}" ]]; then
cmd="i3-msg"
scratchConfig="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/i3"
else
cmd="swaymsg"
scratchConfig="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sway"
fi
scratchConfig+="/scratchpad"
touch "${scratchConfig}"
# Get the focused window ID
windowId=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
# Get the class name of the window
class=$(xprop -id "$windowId" WM_CLASS | awk -F '"' '{print $4}')
if [[ -z "$class" ]]; then
notify-send "Unable to move to scratchpad."
exit 1
fi
# Check if it's already in the config
if ! grep -q "class=\"$class\"" "$scratchConfig"; then
echo "for_window [class=\"$class\"] move to scratchpad" >> "$scratchConfig"
notify-send "Added window class $class to scratchpad"
fi
# Move the window to scratchpad now
$cmd "[class=\"$class\"] move to scratchpad"