#!/bin/sh # Move the active window to the first empty workspace and follow it # # Note: This assumes that only the main monitor has workspaces enabled set -eu active=$(xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | awk '{print $NF}') desktop=$(xprop -id "$active" _NET_WM_DESKTOP 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF}') # 4294967295 (i.e., 0xFFFFFFFF) means "on all workspaces", # which is what `mutter` reports for windows on secondary monitors # when "workspaces-only-on-primary" is true if [ "$desktop" = "4294967295" ] || [ -z "$desktop" ]; then command -v notify-send >/dev/null \ && notify-send 'Window Management' 'Active window is not on a workspace on the main screen' exit 1 fi occupied_workspaces=$(wmctrl -l) || exit 1 # fail safe occupied_workspaces=$(echo "$occupied_workspaces" | awk '{print $2}' | sort -u) total=$(wmctrl -d | wc -l) # 0-based index for the first workspace i=0 while [ "$i" -lt "$total" ]; do if ! echo "$occupied_workspaces" | grep -qx "$i"; then wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -t "$i" wmctrl -s "$i" exit 0 fi i=$((i + 1)) done command -v notify-send >/dev/null \ && notify-send 'Window Management' 'No empty workspace available' exit 1