hidden workspaces

polybar-i3-skip-ws.patch

diff --git a/src/modules/i3.cpp b/src/modules/i3.cpp
index 383a39f..e16d2ab 100644
--- a/src/modules/i3.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/i3.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ namespace modules {
         // Trim leading and trailing whitespace
         ws_name = string_util::trim(move(ws_name), ' ');
 
+        if (ws_name.back() == '_' && !ws->visible) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (ws_name.back() == '_') {
+            ws_name.pop_back();
+            ws_name += " (hidden)";
+        }
+
         auto icon = m_icons->get(ws->name, DEFAULT_WS_ICON, m_fuzzy_match);
         auto label = m_statelabels.find(ws_state)->second->clone();

rofi-i3-switcher.sh

#!/bin/bash

function gen_workspaces()
{
	i3-msg -t get_workspaces | \jq -r '.[].name'
}


WORKSPACE=$( gen_workspaces | rofi -dmenu -p "Select workspace:")

if [ -n "${WORKSPACE}" ]
then
    i3-msg workspace "${WORKSPACE}"
fi

Related to i3/i3#2333

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