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Script to replicate xmonad multi-monitor behaviour in i3 (configure i3 hotkeys to call this script instead of directly switching workspace)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # get relevant info from i3-msg | |
| WORKSPACEJSON="$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces)" | |
| WORKSPACES="$(echo "$WORKSPACEJSON" | jshon -a -e name -u)" | |
| MONITORS="$(echo "$WORKSPACEJSON" | jshon -a -e output -u)" | |
| FOCUSED="$(echo "$WORKSPACEJSON" | jshon -a -e focused)" | |
| VISIBLE="$(echo "$WORKSPACEJSON" | jshon -a -e visible)" | |
| # FROMNR is the number of the currently focused workspace. TONR is the number of the workspace I want to switch to. | |
| FROMNR="$(echo "$FOCUSED" | nl | grep true | awk '{print $1}')" | |
| TONR="$(echo "$WORKSPACES" | awk '{print "__"$1}' | nl | grep "__$1" | awk '{print $1}')" # Since workspace names can be numbers, grep could accidentally find a line number, so workspace names are prefixed with __ to avoid that | |
| # i3 names of the workspaces to switch. | |
| FROMNAME="$(echo "$WORKSPACES" | sed "$(echo $FROMNR)q;d")" | |
| TONAME="$1" | |
| # Monitors on which both workspaces reside | |
| FROMMONI=$(echo "$MONITORS" | sed "$(echo $FROMNR)q;d") | |
| TOMONI=$(echo "$MONITORS" | sed "$(echo $TONR)q;d") | |
| # "true" if target workspace is currently visible, "false" otherwise | |
| TOVISI=$(echo "$VISIBLE" | sed "$(echo $TONR)q;d") | |
| # Target workspace doesn't exist yet, or is on same monitor as current | |
| if [[ "$TONR" = "" ]] || [[ "$FROMMONI" = "$TOMONI" ]] | |
| then | |
| i3-msg "workspace $TONAME" # simple WS switch as with default i3 | |
| else | |
| if [[ "$TOVISI" = "true" ]] # If target workspace is visible | |
| then | |
| i3-msg "move workspace to output $TOMONI" # the current WS is moved to replace it | |
| fi | |
| # Target workspace is first selected and then moved to current monitor. | |
| i3-msg "workspace $TONAME" | |
| i3-msg "move workspace to output $FROMMONI" | |
| i3-msg "focus output $FROMMONI" | |
| fi |
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