A script to show and hide the konsole application, useful when bound to a custom keyboard shortcut.

show-hide-konsole

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# if konsole is not open launch it
if [ -z "$(xdotool search --class konsole)" ]; then
  konsole --tabs-from-file "/home/grayedfox/.config/konsole-tabs"
fi

# get current focused window and visible konsole window
CLASS="konsole"
KONSOLE_ID="$(xdotool search --class $CLASS | awk '{print $1}')"
KONSOLE_WINDOW="$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class $CLASS)"
ACTIVE_WINDOW="$(xdotool getactivewindow)"
ACTIVE_DESKTOP="$(xdotool get_desktop)"

# if focused, minimize and hide the konsole, otherwise bring konsole to current desktop and open
if [ "$ACTIVE_WINDOW" = "$KONSOLE_WINDOW" ]; then
  xdotool getactivewindow windowminimize
else
  xdotool set_desktop_for_window $KONSOLE_ID $ACTIVE_DESKTOP
  xdotool windowraise $KONSOLE_ID
fi

Updated to launch with specified tabs file and more accurately match window using class name instead of window title

Save class name as variable

Removed wmctrl dependency so that only xodotool is used - previous version was using wmctrl to make sure the application always appeared on the active workspace (current desktop), but this introduced an extra dependency. The same functionality can be achieved using xodotool so long as we can reliably get the active desktop.

As an added bonus, plays nicely with Workspace Matrix extension.