Swap i3 displays / workspaces between displays
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# requires jq | |
DISPLAY_CONFIG=($(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq -r '.[]|"\(.name):\(.current_workspace)"')) | |
for ROW in "${DISPLAY_CONFIG[@]}" | |
do | |
IFS=':' | |
read -ra CONFIG <<< "${ROW}" | |
if [ "${CONFIG[0]}" != "null" ] && [ "${CONFIG[1]}" != "null" ]; then | |
echo "moving ${CONFIG[1]} right..." | |
i3-msg -- workspace --no-auto-back-and-forth "${CONFIG[1]}" | |
i3-msg -- move workspace to output right | |
fi | |
done |
i3 v4.20.1
throws an error for this:
i3-msg -- output primary
ERROR: Your command: output primary
ERROR: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <end>, '[', 'move', 'exec', 'exit', 'restart', 'reload', 'shmlog', 'debuglog', 'border', 'layout', 'append_layout', 'workspace', 'focus', 'kill', 'open', 'fullscreen', 'sticky', 'split', 'floating', 'mark', 'unmark', 'resize', 'rename', 'nop', 'scratchpad', 'swap', 'title_format', 'title_window_icon', 'mode', 'bar', 'gaps'
[{"success":false,"parse_error":true,"error":"Expected one of these tokens: <end>, '[', 'move', 'exec', 'exit', 'restart', 'reload', 'shmlog', 'debuglog', 'border', 'layout', 'append_layout', 'workspace', 'focus', 'kill', 'open', 'fullscreen', 'sticky', 'split', 'floating', 'mark', 'unmark', 'resize', 'rename', 'nop', 'scratchpad', 'swap', 'title_format', 'title_window_icon', 'mode', 'bar', 'gaps'","input":"output primary","errorposition":"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"}]
And I've found it's not needed at all, the i3-msg -- workspace "${ACTIVE_WS}"
will switch to the output anyway.
But it also needs --no-auto-back-and-forth
in order to work as expected.
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Hi! I really try to use this script and with the alternatives here but i get always the same problem, just one screen actually swaps. I learn o lot throw your codes and because that i achieve a solution that works here.
I try my best to make it simple. As the comments in code says, you can change the behavior of where the focus will be at the end. Take in consideration that will only work on dual monitor setup (or monitor + projector and so on).