smartmove

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# replacement for i3 move left / right command, behavior changes depending on if your window in floated or not

require 'i3ipc'

class Mover
  def initialize
    @i3 = I3Ipc::Connection.new
  end

  def recurse(nodes, focused = false, &blk)
    nodes.each do |n|
      blk.call n, n.focused || focused
      recurse(n.nodes, &blk)
      recurse(n.floating_nodes, &blk)
    end
  end

  def is_floating?
    recurse(@i3.tree.nodes) do |n, focused|
      if n.respond_to? :window_properties
        return n.floating == "user_on" if focused
      end
    end
  end

  def move(dir)
    @i3.command("mark _last")
    if is_floating?
      @i3.command("move to output #{dir}")
    else
      @i3.command("move #{dir}")
    end
    @i3.command('[con_mark="_last"] focus')
  end

  def close
    @i3.close
    @i3 = nil
  end
end



m = Mover.new

case ARGV[0]
when "left" then
  m.move("left")
when "right" then
  m.move("right")
else
  puts "unknown command"
  exit 1
end
  
m.close