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sway: per-slot window marks (mod+<digit>)
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lassulus
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(Aug 22, 2026, 6:02 PM CEST)
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# Mark a window and jump to it later, per slot. mod+ctrl+<digit> marks
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# the focused window (by container id) into that slot. mod+<digit> jumps
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# to the marked window: if its workspace is hidden it is moved to the
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# current screen, if it is shown on another screen focus switches there.
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# mod+shift+<digit> always brings the marked window's workspace to the
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# current screen. A stale mark (window closed) is dropped with a note.
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windowMark = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
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name = "sway-window-mark";
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runtimeInputs = [
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pkgs.sway
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pkgs.jq
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pkgs.coreutils
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pkgs.libnotify
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];
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text = ''
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MARKS="$HOME/.config/sway-window-marks"
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mkdir -p "$MARKS"
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if [ "$1" = "mark" ]; then
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SLOT="$2"
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INFO=$(swaymsg -r -t get_tree | jq -r '
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[ .. | objects | select(.type == "con" and .focused == true) ]
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| .[0] // empty
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| [ .id, (.name // "unknown") ] | @tsv')
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if [ -z "$INFO" ]; then
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notify-send "Window" "no window focused" 2>/dev/null
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exit 0
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fi
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IFS=$'\t' read -r ID NAME <<< "$INFO"
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echo "$ID" > "$MARKS/$SLOT"
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notify-send "Window" "slot $SLOT: $NAME" 2>/dev/null
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exit 0
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fi
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SLOT="$1"
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ID=$(cat "$MARKS/$SLOT" 2>/dev/null || true)
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if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
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notify-send "Window" "no window in slot $SLOT" 2>/dev/null
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exit 0
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fi
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# Workspace that currently contains the marked window (empty if it died).
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WS=$(swaymsg -r -t get_tree | jq -r --argjson id "$ID" '
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. as $t
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| [ path(.. | objects | select(.id == $id)) ] | .[0] as $p
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| if $p == null then empty
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else [ range(1; ($p | length) + 1) as $i
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| $t | getpath($p[0:$i])
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| objects | select(.type == "workspace") | .name
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] | .[0] // empty
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end')
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if [ -z "$WS" ]; then
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rm -f "$MARKS/$SLOT"
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notify-send "Window" "slot $SLOT: marked window is gone" 2>/dev/null
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exit 0
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fi
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# Screen the user is typing on, captured BEFORE the switch: switching
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# a workspace moves seat focus to the target's output, so the
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# focused output after the switch would be the wrong answer.
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CUR=$(swaymsg -r -t get_outputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .name')
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# Shown on any output? A plain jump only brings the workspace when
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# it is hidden; "bring" always moves it here.
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SHOWN=$(swaymsg -r -t get_workspaces | jq -r --arg ws "$WS" '[.[] | select(.name == $ws) | .visible] | any')
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MOVE=false
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if [ $# -gt 1 ] && [ "$2" = "bring" ]; then
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MOVE=true
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elif [ "$SHOWN" != "true" ]; then
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MOVE=true
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fi
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swaymsg workspace "$WS"
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# Sway 1.12: nameless "move workspace to output <out>" moves the
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# focused (just-switched) workspace. A named first argument is
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# parsed as a container move to a workspace literally named
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# "<ws> to output <out>".
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if [ "$MOVE" = "true" ]; then
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swaymsg move workspace to output "$CUR"
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fi
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swaymsg "[con_id=$ID] focus"
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'';
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};
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# mod+<digit> = jump to window slot, mod+shift+<digit> = bring its
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# workspace here, mod+ctrl+<digit> = mark focused window into slot.
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windowBindings = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
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lib.map
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(n: ''
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bindsym $mod+${toString n} exec ${lib.getExe windowMark} ${toString n}
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bindsym $mod+shift+${toString n} exec ${lib.getExe windowMark} ${toString n} bring
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bindsym $mod+ctrl+${toString n} exec ${lib.getExe windowMark} mark ${toString n}
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'')
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in
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{
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# Make goto-workspace available system-wide for workspace switching
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# secondary, ...), mod+ctrl+F<n> marks the current screen as the target.
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# While a mark exists, any mod+F<n> jumps to the marked screen.
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${screenBindings}
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# Window marks: mod+<digit> jumps to the window marked into that slot,
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# mod+shift+<digit> brings its workspace to the current screen,
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# mod+ctrl+<digit> marks the focused window into that slot.
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${windowBindings}
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# screenlock (random live video/image from ~/wallpaper via swaylock-plugin)
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bindsym $mod+F11 exec ${lib.getExe' pkgs.systemd "systemctl"} --user start lock.target