TotalSpaces2 - Change name of current space

README.md

This setup will let you change the name of the current space by using a keyboard shortcut.

Requirements:

1. Registered version of TotalSpaces2
2. CocoaDialog
3. totalspaces2 ruby gem
4. BetterTouchTool

Installation:

1. Install and register a copy of TotalSpaces2
2. Download and install CocoaDialog from http://mstratman.github.io/cocoadialog/
3. Install totalspaces2 ruby gem by entering the following to the Terminal: sudo gem install totalspaces2
4. Install BetterTouchTool (or other alternative that you can configure to run commands using keyboard shortcuts).
5. Download change-space-name.rb from this gist and place it in your ~/bin directory.
6. Make the change-space-name.rb script executable by running chmod +x ~/bin/change-space-name.rb in the Terminal.
7. Edit ~/bin/change-space-name.rb and change line 5 to point to your installed CocoaDialog path_to_cocoa_dialog = "/Volumes/Macintosh SSD/Applications/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog"
8. Open up BetterTouchTool Preferences, select Keyboard settings, select Global application and click Add New Shortcut. Define a keyboard shortcut (I use Ctrl+Option+Command+R) and change Predefined Action to "Execute Terminal Command". In the popup dialog enter ~/bin/change-space-name.rb

Usage:

Hit your predefined keyboard shortcut and enter the desired name for the current space. Profit!

Pro tip:

By using HyperSwitch (https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch) you can limit cmd + tab to list only those windows that are present on the current space.

change-space-name.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'totalspaces2'

path_to_cocoa_dialog = "/Volumes/Macintosh SSD/Applications/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog"

response = `"#{path_to_cocoa_dialog}" standard-inputbox --title "Change name for current space" --informative-text "Name for space #{TotalSpaces2.current_space}" --text "#{TotalSpaces2.name_for_space(TotalSpaces2.current_space)}"`
response = response.split("\n")

if response[0] == '2'
  puts "Clicked cancel. Exiting."
  exit
end

if response.length < 2
  puts "Did not provide name. Exiting."
  exit
end

name = response[1]

puts "Changing space name to " + name

TotalSpaces2.set_name_for_space(TotalSpaces2.current_space, name)