#!/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 # Dependencies: wmctrl, xprop, xdo, xdotool # NOTE: Ensure script is included in system's path and can therefore be invoked with the command 'scratchpad'. # Furthermore make sure the terminal is using x11 as a backend in wayland to allow this to work. # Example: wezterm.lua: enable_wayland = false, # kitty.conf: linux_display_server x11 # Set the environment variables to x11 to allow working in Wayland export GDK_BACKEND=x11 export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb export WAYLAND_DISPLAY="" export WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND=x11 # Supported terminals and dropdown class supported_terminals=("wezterm" "kitty" "alacritty") # Check if any supported terminal with scratchpad class is running for term in "${supported_terminals[@]}"; do if pgrep -f "$term.*--class scratchpad" >/dev/null; then my_term="$term" break fi done # If no supported terminal is running, start the first available one if [ "$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 terminal with scratchpad class case "$my_term" in "wezterm") wezterm start --class scratchpad -e tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash & ;; "kitty") kitty --class scratchpad tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash & ;; "alacritty") alacritty --class scratchpad -e tmux new-session -A -s tmux -e bash & ;; esac fi # Get the window ID of the scratchpad terminal id="$(xdo id -N scratchpad)" # Toggle scratchpad terminal visibility if [ "$id" != "" ]; then if xwininfo -id "$id" | grep "Map State: IsViewable" >/dev/null; then # Scratchpad is visible, hide it dimensions="$(xwininfo -id "$id" | awk '/Width:|Height:/ { printf("%s=%s;", tolower($1), $2) }')" xdo hide "$id" 2>/dev/null else # Scratchpad is hidden, show it and restore dimensions xdo show "$id" xdotool windowsize "$id" "$(echo "$dimensions" | tr ';' ' ')" 2>/dev/null xdotool windowactivate "$id" xdotool windowfocus "$id" fi fi