#!/bin/bash # Created By: srdusr # Created On: Tue 07 Mar 2023 15:06:47 PM CAT # Project: Agnostic scratchpad/dropdown terminal that works on most window managers # Set the GDK_BACKEND and QT_QPA_PLATFORM environment variables to x11 to allow working in Wayland export GDK_BACKEND=x11 export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb # List of supported terminals with dropdown class supported_terminals=( "wezterm" "kitty" "alacritty" ) # Check if any of the supported terminals with scratchpad class are running for term in "${supported_terminals[@]}"; do if pgrep -f "$term.*--class scratchpad" >/dev/null; then my_term="$term" break fi done # If none of the supported terminals are running, start the first available one if [ "$my_term" = "" ]; then for term in "${supported_terminals[@]}"; do if command -v "$term" >/dev/null 2>&1; then my_term="$term" break fi done if [ "$my_term" = "" ]; then echo "No supported terminal found." exit 1 fi # Start the terminal with scratchpad class case "$my_term" in "wezterm") wezterm start --class scratchpad -e tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;; "kitty") kitty --class scratchpad tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;; "alacritty") alacritty --class scratchpad -e tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;; esac fi # Get the window ID of the scratchpad terminal id="$(xdo id -N scratchpad)" # Toggle the visibility of the scratchpad terminal if [ "$id" != "" ]; then if xwininfo -id "$id" | grep "Map State: IsViewable" >/dev/null; then # The scratchpad window is visible, so hide it dimensions="$(xwininfo -id "$id" | awk '/Width:|Height:/ { printf("%s=%s;", tolower($1), $2) }')" xdo hide "$id" 2>/dev/null else # The scratchpad window is hidden, so show it xdo show "$id" # Restore the dimensions of the window xdotool windowsize "$id" "$(echo "$dimensions" | tr ';' ' ')" 2>/dev/null fi fi