sway-workspace-grid/sway-wp-switch

#!/usr/bin/python3

import subprocess
import json
import math

def exec(cmd):
  print('exec: ', cmd)
  return subprocess.getoutput(cmd)

def getSwayInfo(cmd):
  return json.loads(exec("swaymsg -t "+cmd))


class WpManager(object):

  """"
   *  Workspace Manager
  """
  def __init__(self,Rows, Cols, monitorCount):
    w = 0
    workspaces = []
    r=0
    while r < Rows:
      c = 0
      while c < Cols:
        workspaces.append({
          'left': c != 0 and w - 1,
          'right': ( ( c + 1 ) != Cols ) and w + 1,
          'up': ( r != 0 ) and ( w - Cols ),
          'down': ( ( r + 1 ) != Rows ) and w + Cols
        })
        w=w+1
        c=c+1
      r=r+1
    self.workspaces = workspaces
    self.Rows = Rows
    self.Cols = Cols
    self.monitorCount = monitorCount


  """"
   *  Workspace grid initialisation command generator.
   *  Currenlty not working because `Workspace` command will not work through `swaymsg`.
   *  it will work only if we put these commands on config file
  """
  def getInitCmd (self):
    outputs = [ v['name'] for v in getSwayInfo('get_outputs') if v['active']]
    outputCout = len( outputs )
    totalWorkspaces = self.Rows * self.Cols
    cmd = []
    ws=0
    while ws < totalWorkspaces:
      op = 0
      while op < outputCout:
        cmd.append("workspace " + str(ws * outputCout + op + 1) + " output "+outputs[op])
        op=op+1
      ws=ws+1


    return ';\n'.join(cmd)


  """"
   * Return the list of target workspaces.
   *
   * Given current focused workspace and switching direction. eg: ( 1, down )
   * for a 3x3 grid in a dual monitor, it will reutrn [ 7, 8 ].
   * for single monitor setup, it will return [ 4 ]
   * For three monitor setup, it will return [ 10, 11, 12 ]
   *
   * @param current - current monitor
   * @param direction - direction up|down|right|left
   * @returns {Array<Number>} - list of target workspaces
  """
  def getWorkspaces (self,current, direction):
    monitorCount = self.monitorCount
    out = []
    targetw = self.workspaces[math.ceil(current / monitorCount) - 1][direction]
    if targetw is not  False:
      targetw = targetw * monitorCount
      i = monitorCount
      while i != 0:
        out.append(targetw + i)
        i=i-1

      return out



  """"
   * Get swaymsg command for switching current Workspace to <direction> direction
   *
   * @param swayWorkspace
   * @param direction
   * @param isMove
   * @returns {String} - swaymsg command
  """
  def getCmd (self,swayWorkspace, direction, isMove):
    currentWS = swayWorkspace['num']
    currentOutput = swayWorkspace['output']
    ws = self.getWorkspaces(currentWS, direction)
    if not ws:
      return

    out = ["workspace %d"%v for v in ws ]
    if isMove:
      tws = ws[currentWS % self.monitorCount]
      out.insert(0,"move container to workspace %d"%tws)

    out.append("focus output "+currentOutput)
    return '; '.join(out)

helpStr = '''
sway-wp-switch
Usage:
sway-wp-switch [ -m ] <up|down|right|left>
Options:
-m    move current window to new workspace while switching.
If currently focused windows in output-2, it will be placed in output-two itself without losing focus
'''
def main():
  import sys
  direction = sys.argv[1]
  isMove = False
  ROWS = 3
  COLS = 3
  if direction == '-m':
    isMove = True
    direction = sys.argv[2]
  if direction not in ['up', 'down', 'right', 'left', '-i']:
    print(helpStr)
    return

  outputInfo = getSwayInfo('get_outputs')
  outputInfo = [v for v in outputInfo if v['active'] ]
  wm = WpManager(ROWS, COLS, len( outputInfo ))
  if direction == '-i':
    cmd = wm.getInitCmd()
    print(cmd)
    cmd=''
  else:
    workspaceInfo = next(v for v in getSwayInfo('get_workspaces') if v[ 'focused' ] )
    cmd = wm.getCmd(workspaceInfo, direction, isMove)

  if cmd:
    exec('swaymsg -t command "%s"'% cmd)


main()