From 09e21e297c4252bb5c0da067e0db9d51ccdae8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:31:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to have applications start in the scratchpad.

---
 i38.sh                        |  7 ++++++-
 scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh

diff --git a/i38.sh b/i38.sh
index 4fbea9b..b651055 100755
--- a/i38.sh
+++ b/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 "${i3Path}/I38.html" --metadata title="Welcome to I38"
diff --git a/scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh b/scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9e7eb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bind_to_scratchpad.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Find out if we're using i3
+if ! [[ -n "${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"