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  1. pschmitt revised this gist Feb 26, 2022. 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
    8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions sway-maximize.sh
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    @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    usage() {
    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-m MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX]"
    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-d DEFAULT_BORDER_PX] [-m MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX]"
    }

    get_waybar_height() {
    @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ then
    # move_win_to_new_ws

    DEFAULT_BORDER_PX=2
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX=${1:-10}
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX=10

    while [[ -n "$*" ]]
    do
    @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ then
    usage
    exit 0
    ;;
    -d|--default-border-pixel)
    DEFAULT_BORDER_PX="$2"
    shift 2
    ;;
    -m|--max-border-pixel)
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX="$2"
    shift 2
  2. pschmitt revised this gist Feb 26, 2022. 1 changed file with 28 additions and 3 deletions.
    31 changes: 28 additions & 3 deletions sway-maximize.sh
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    @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    usage() {
    echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-m MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX]"
    }

    get_waybar_height() {
    # Waybar's config is JSONC, ie it contains comments. We need to strip
    # these for jq.
    @@ -80,7 +84,28 @@ then
    # move_win_to_new_ws

    DEFAULT_BORDER_PX=2
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX=10
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX=${1:-10}

    while [[ -n "$*" ]]
    do
    case "$1" in
    help|h|-h|--help)
    usage
    exit 0
    ;;
    -m|--max-border-pixel)
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX="$2"
    shift 2
    ;;
    --)
    shift
    break
    ;;
    *)
    break
    ;;
    esac
    done

    if is_sole_node
    then
    @@ -91,10 +116,10 @@ then
    if is_floating
    then
    swaymsg "floating disable; border pixel ${DEFAULT_BORDER_PX}"
    echo "Tiling current window (unmaximize)" >&2
    echo "⬇️ Tiling current window (unmaximize)" >&2
    exit "$?"
    fi

    echo "Maximize current window" >&2
    echo "⬆️ Maximize current window" >&2
    maximize_current_node
    fi
  3. pschmitt created this gist Feb 26, 2022.
    100 changes: 100 additions & 0 deletions sway-maximize.sh
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    get_waybar_height() {
    # Waybar's config is JSONC, ie it contains comments. We need to strip
    # these for jq.
    grep -v '//' ~/.config/waybar/config | jq -er '.height'
    }

    current_output_resolution() {
    swaymsg -t get_outputs | \
    jq -e -r \
    '.[] | select(.focused==true) |
    .current_mode|(.width | tostring) + " " + (.height | tostring)'
    }

    current_node_size() {
    swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -er \
    'recurse(.nodes[]) | select(.nodes[].focused == true).rect | "\(.width) \(.height)"'
    }

    is_floating() {
    swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -er \
    '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true) | .type == "floating_con"' >/dev/null
    }

    is_sole_node() {
    local output_width output_height
    local node_width node_height
    local bar_height

    read -r output_width output_height <<< "$(current_output_resolution)"
    read -r node_width node_height <<< "$(current_node_size)"
    bar_height="$(get_waybar_height)"

    [[ "$(( node_height + bar_height ))" == "$output_height" ]] && \
    [[ "$node_width" == "$output_width" ]]
    }

    get_next_ws_num() {
    swaymsg -t get_workspaces | jq -er 'sort_by(.num)[-1].num + 1'
    }

    move_win_to_new_ws() {
    local next_ws_num
    next_ws_num="$(get_next_ws_num)"
    swaymsg "move window to workspace ${next_ws_num}; workspace number ${next_ws_num}"
    }

    wait_for_focus_change() {
    local cmd=("$@")

    local win_id
    win_id="$(current_window_id)"

    # Wait for focus to change and unfloat
    (swaymsg -t subscribe '[ "window" ]' -m &) | jq -ern 'first(inputs | if (.change == "focus") then (., halt) else empty end)'

    swaymsg "[con_id=${win_id}] ${cmd[*]}"
    }

    current_window_id() {
    swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -r '..|try select(.focused == true).id'
    }

    maximize_current_node() {
    local output_width output_height bar_height

    read -r output_width output_height <<< "$(current_output_resolution)"
    bar_height="$(get_waybar_height)"

    swaymsg "border pixel ${MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX};
    floating enable; resize set ${output_width} $(( output_height - bar_height ))"
    wait_for_focus_change "border pixel ${DEFAULT_BORDER_PX}, floating disable"
    }

    if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]
    then
    # Legacy. This is the simplest way of "maximizing" a window, by just moving it
    # to a new workspace
    # move_win_to_new_ws

    DEFAULT_BORDER_PX=2
    MAXIMIZED_BORDER_PX=10

    if is_sole_node
    then
    echo "There's only one window on the current workspace" >&2
    exit 1
    fi

    if is_floating
    then
    swaymsg "floating disable; border pixel ${DEFAULT_BORDER_PX}"
    echo "Tiling current window (unmaximize)" >&2
    exit "$?"
    fi

    echo "Maximize current window" >&2
    maximize_current_node
    fi